[ale] Bacula or Rsync + Windows

[Jerald Sheets]

Cron for Windows?


http://cronw.sourceforge.net/


--j


On Oct 6, 2010, at 11:00 AM, George Allen wrote:

> We have several dozen sites running off T1's, and mobile users running
> off line or on VPN sometimes.
> So - hosting everything over the WAN isn't really an option.
> 
> I'd prefer something like the windows equiv. of a CRON job that wakes
> up, determines if it's on the home network, tests bandwidth calls
> rsync, and reports success/failure.
> 
> Now - if I had my way, I'd put them all on x-terminals and teach them
> unix and ssh, but that's not an option either.
> 
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Strong in the force this one is.
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 6, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 10:32 -0400, George Allen wrote:
>>>> Has anyone setup a backup server for windows clients?
>>>> Anything from bacula to some type of rsync client, feeding back to a
>>>> linux freebsd box, to backup user directories?
>>>> 
>>>> Ideally, I'd like to setup a FreeBSD (or Solaris if it still exists)
>>>> box, running rsync to pull down backups, and zfs for per-user
>>>> filesystem, quotas, and cifs sharing.
>>>> (Yes I know btrfs will save the world, but it's not exactly stable
>>>> yet.)
>>>> 
>>>> Or - if there's a existing sub-system in windows for this that isn't
>>>> crap, what is it? Not familiar.
>>> 
>>> If you can manage to do it, don't back up the Windows clients at all.
>>> Instead, provide a standard client setup where all the programs and so
>>> forth match up with each other, and throw in a Samba server and move all
>>> the data to the server.  Use Windows' profile folder redirection to move
>>> things to the Samba “Home” directory and outside of the profile storage
>>> (things like My Documents and Roaming Profile Data for example) and then
>>> just backup the server on whatever backup schedule you want.
>>> 
>>>       --- Mike
>>> 
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