[BackupPC-users] Win2K server support

[Brendan G. <bre...@ne...>]

I just want to determine the spec on this product, the documentation is =
ambiguous.  On the one hand, it says:

"BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up =
Linux and WinXX PCs and laptops to a server's disk. BackupPC is highly =
configurable and easy to install and maintain."=20
On the other hand, it says:

"Tested on Linux, Freenix and Solaris hosts, and Linux, Win95, Win98, =
Win2000 and WinXP clients."

I have heard that Samba has some deficiency in fully detecting Windows =
file attributes, and I am concerned about this issue.  I am setting up =
two application servers in my office, one for Linux and one for Windows, =
in the hopes of weaning my staff from its dependency on Windows--  =
However for the time bieng the Windows app server will be sufficiently =
critical that I would prefer to have the capability of doing a full =
rollback with whatever backup software I deploy. The tape drive I will =
be using will be a Quantum DLT 4000 20/40.  My workstations will either =
be diskless or have identical images running some thin client software. =
I was hoping I could just intall the tape drive and a copy of BackupPC =
on the Linux server and use it to backup the entire network--  Probably =
the thin clients just once and the Win and Linux app servers weekly.

If BackupPC is not going to work for this purpose, and there is no open =
source solution, then I will either 1) buy a commercial backup package =
for Windows and use the one drive or 2) buy a second drive for the Linux =
server, and use Windows backup for the Win drive and Linux backup for =
the Lin drive.  Neither solution is very expensive but I am already =
overbudget--  Thanks in large part to my commitment to break the =
stranglehold the Microsoft platform currently has on my company's =
future.  It would be ironic if there was no open source solution that =
enabled me to accomplish this with decent backup security.  Can this =
product do it or not?



--Brendan Gormley