From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 31 14:24:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.nwlink.com (smtp.nwlink.com [209.20.130.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5FD537B424 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:24:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from utah (jcwells@utah.nwlink.com [209.20.130.41]) by smtp.nwlink.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id OAA24714; Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:24:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:36:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jcwells@utah To: Janko van Roosmalen Cc: Gabriel Ramsey Trimbach , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Backup options In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Janko van Roosmalen wrote: > On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Gabriel Ramsey Trimbach wrote: > > > Hey, > > I know this is a bad way to start off but I am an NT administrator who is > > looking for a way to back up a FreeBSD box on my network. I have no > > experience working with FreeBSD and I'm having some trouble locating any > > support concerning the backing up of files off of a FreeBSD machine. Any > > suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help with this. > > If you think Samba could be viable solution, you can always email me > privately (in order to reduce the traffic on this busy list) Gabriel's way is easier if you already have backup on the NT box. Another way is to install a backup device in the FreeBSD box and use its native utilities dump and restore. Another way is a more global backup solution. You could install a backup host using amanda and backup your entire network using the backup host. (The backup host could be your current FreeBSD box or another unix-like box.) "Unix Backup & Recovery" is a good book if you need ideas. I recommend purchasing it. Thank you, Jason C. Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message