RichCopy looks pretty nice. I'm currently doing backups across the LAN with Cobian and the command line version of WinSCP, both of which work OK. Just looking for that magic Win32 rsync engine.
Here's another avenue I'm exploring: http://dailycupoftech.com/windows-backup-with-rsync-and-freenas/ -MD On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:23 PM, K Lesko <[email protected]> wrote: > What about RichCopy I came across this last week but haven't used it. > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx > > I have used robocopy a few time recovering files (20GB+) and it worked as > advertised but I haven't used it for regular backups. > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Scott Williams <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I use Robocopy also for quick and dirty backups using windows scheduler. >> Here's an example >> >> robocopy U:\USERS D:\USERS /E /XF *.wma *.jpg *.mpg *.wmv *.wmf *.bmp >> *.gif *.asf *.avi >> >> >> >> This grabs all my users on my network folder and copies to an external USB >> Drive only copying new or modified files minus all those pictures and >> movies. >> >> Scott >> >> >> >> Dylan Haines wrote: >> >> Robocopy has a switch for the archive bit - works quite well. >> >> >> Dylan Haines >> Systems Technical Support Manager >> >> HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. >> Box 725, The Hive >> 37 Hall Street >> Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0 >> >> Tel: (902)634-8316 ext. 237 >> Cell: (902)553-0706 >> Fax: (902)634-3647 >> >> www.hb-studios.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Abe Loveless >> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 1:19 PM >> To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] NAS Backup? >> >> I'm interested to see how this works. My experience with rsync and >> Windows >> hosts was that it couldn't really tell whether files were changed or >> not... >> it pulled all the data, every time. >> >> I found some documentation stating similar results, so I don't think it >> was >> just a conf error on my part. >> >> >> >> >> Mark Drone wrote: >> >> >> Does anyone have experience with NasBackup? >> >> http://www.nasbackup.com >> >> I'm looking for a good way to rsync from Win32 servers/clients to >> FreeNAS or SME. >> >> Thanks, >> -MD >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> >> >> -- >> Scott R. Williams >> >> Fisher School District >> 801 S . 5th St. >> Fisher, Il 61843 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
