From: John H. <jha...@co...> - 2013-02-27 21:18:57
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I did something similar a number of years ago comparing bacula and backuppc and found that backuppc was much easier to set up. You don't need to install any client software on the windows machines as you can just make file shares availabel to the backuppc server. I do recommend that you look at http://www.michaelstowe.com/backuppc/ if you need a good way of backing up windows clients via rsync and including any open files on the windows PC. While BackupPC works very well for backing up the data on Windows computers but it is not able to do full metal restores of a windows machine as far as I am aware. Installing it on your ubuntu server is easy as it is available through apt-get. I would recommend mounting /var/lib/backuppc on a separate partition or lvm volume though as it makes it lot easier if you need to add more disk space or move it to another machine. On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:26:58 -0800 stuckeyneila1982 <bac...@ba...> wrote: > I have an small buisness and looking for a easy multi platform backup > system. I know how to get around the cli on windows and > ubuntu/debian. I have less than 12 computers all running win 7 pro > except for the raid 1 file server running ubuntu 12.04 LTS server. Im > looking for a solution to backup all pc's to the server. I have tried > getting Amanda to work it was a no go. Tried Bacula and couldnt get > that to work either. was thinking about rsync and delta copy. But i > would like to make snapshots of all pc's if possible. I guess if i > have to i could run clonezilla or ddrescue on each computer but would > prefer to do a daily snapshot of all PC in office. I cant seem to > get it in my crews head to not surf too much the internet and get > malware. I am willing to pay for a solution if its worth it. > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by stu...@gm... via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to ab...@ba.... > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > Bac...@li... > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- John Habermann IT Officer Cook Shire Council 10 Furneaux St Cooktown 4895 ph 40820577 |