From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 23 13:43:50 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F9E37B401 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:43:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.pressenter.com (hermes.pressenter.com [209.224.20.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25EFA43F18 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:43:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nospam@hiltonbsd.com) Received: from [209.224.35.94] (helo=daggar.sbgnet.net) by hermes.pressenter.com with smtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 18bp8I-00030p-00; Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:43:35 -0600 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:43:31 -0600 From: Stephen Hilton To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de Subject: Re: back up Win2k workstations? Message-Id: <20030123154331.086ccf48.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <20030123205306.H430@small.pukruppa.de> References: <20030123053544.A22659@small.pukruppa.de> <20030123103733.7b533ad7.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> <20030123205306.H430@small.pukruppa.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 20:59:32 +0000 (GMT) 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa) wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Stephen Hilton wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 05:41:07 +0000 (GMT) > > 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa) wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am looking for a concept to back up some Win2k workstations on > > > a FreeBSD machine. Can this be done and how? > > > > > > > Setup a Samba server on the FreeBSD box, then use the native > > windows backup tools to backup to the Samba share. Archive > > backups on the FreeBSD/Samba machine to tape/CDRW etc... with > > tar. If file compression is enabled in the windows backup > > utility then avoid using compression in your tar command as > > you will waste a lot of CPU power for very little compression. > This seems to be the simpliest method, because I already have got > a running Samba Server. I can do a backup of C: besides some > files which are locked because they are in use. > Before I try a crash test: > How could I do a restore - assuming the worst case: C: is > completely deleted? > Do I have to boot the Win2k CD-ROM? There may be other better methods, anyone ?, but when I have done this for W2K systems it is a basic re-install from CD then setup networking so I can map the Samba share, then restore from the backup on the Samba share. Don't forget to backup and restore the "system-state" with the W2K tool for total system restores. If Winders was open-source/non-propriatary then some kind programmers would create a program, lets call it "PICO-W2K" (no dis-respect meant) and allow you to boot from it and perform all sorts of wonderfull config/repair/restore functions from a command prompt with all your favorite tools available. Well this thread is digressing further from BSD related topics. Regards, Stephen Hilton nospam@hiltonbsd.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message