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Date:      Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:48:21 -0600
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        Francisco J Reyes <fran@natserv.net>, "P. U. Kruppa" <520023893678-0001@t-online.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: back up Win2k workstations?
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20030126094821.02e3b550@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030126104141.T17637-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
References:  <20030123053544.A22659@small.pukruppa.de>

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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

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