From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 26 7:48:29 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 B451837B401 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 07:48:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from sage-american.com (adsl-65-71-135-139.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.71.135.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA08C43F3F for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 07:48:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Received: from sagea (sagea.sage-american [192.168.0.3]) by sage-american.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id h0QFmLJ7095497; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:48:23 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20030126094821.02e3b550@mail.sage-one.net> X-Sender: jackstone@mail.sage-one.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:48:21 -0600 To: Francisco J Reyes , "P. U. Kruppa" <520023893678-0001@t-online.de> From: "Jack L. Stone" Subject: Re: back up Win2k workstations? Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20030126104141.T17637-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <20030123053544.A22659@small.pukruppa.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=4.5 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01 version=2.43-jlsrules1 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 At 10:43 AM 1.26.2003 -0500, Francisco J Reyes wrote: >On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, P. U. Kruppa wrote: > >> I am looking for a concept to back up some Win2k workstations on >> a FreeBSD machine. Can this be done and how? > >This more of a windows question, but here is what I do. >I use DriveImage from powerquest to make images of my files to a second >hard drive. Then copy the images to my FreeBSD machine in case the machine >dies. > >If only the first drive on the windows box dies I can bring it back up >with emergency restore. If the whole machine dies (ie both drives) I need >to install windows, copy images from the FreeBSD machine then boot of >rescue disks. > I use the VERITAS backup utility that comes with Win2K to backup (file type backup) directly to a FBSD machine over Samba connection.... retores just fine. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message