[Linux] Backup software
Tim Jackson
linux@flux.org
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:35:29 -0500
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Use file synchronization in windows... So when they are in the office it'll
synchronize my documents to the server... I know that you can do this via an
AD group policy (hopefully you're using a Windows domain controller, not a
Samba one) and enforce it for any mobile users... Then you can backup samba,
or have the samba server mount the windows server(s) and back them up...
"mount -t smbfs -o username=BLAH\username,password=passwerd
//WINDOWS-SERVER1/C$ /mnt/windows-server1" and back that up...
etc...
--
Tim
On 3/29/07, Javier Lombillo <javier@asymptotic.org> wrote:
>
> >> Not Windows-friendly.
>
> >Sure it is. Use smbclient or smbmount for windows volumes.
>
> Requiring users to place their data on world-readable shares isn't an
> option.
>
>
> > What about requiring the Windows users to have files that they want to
> > be backed up be placed on a samba share and just back that up? You
> > could also have their My Documents directory point to a mapped drive.
>
> The Samba share idea is good, but it adds a burden on the users I'd
> like to spare them (backups should be passive as far as they're
> concerned). The mapped network drive idea sounds interesting.
> Assuming that anything they'd want to backup is in My Documents (which
> is probably not a good assumption), what happens to laptop users when
> they leave the network? What happens to files that are currently in
> My Documents once it gets mapped?
>
> In any case, thanks for the ideas.
>
> j
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Use file synchronization in windows... So when they are in the office it'll synchronize my documents to the server... I know that you can do this via an AD group policy (hopefully you're using a Windows domain controller, not a Samba one) and enforce it for any mobile users... Then you can backup samba, or have the samba server mount the windows server(s) and back them up...
<br><br>"mount -t smbfs -o username=BLAH\username,password=passwerd //WINDOWS-SERVER1/C$ /mnt/windows-server1" and back that up...<br><br>etc... <br><br>--<br>Tim<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/29/07,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Javier Lombillo</b> <<a href="mailto:javier@asymptotic.org">javier@asymptotic.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>> Not Windows-friendly.<br><br>>Sure it is. Use smbclient or smbmount for windows volumes.<br><br>Requiring users to place their data on world-readable shares isn't an option.<br><br><br>> What about requiring the Windows users to have files that they want to
<br>> be backed up be placed on a samba share and just back that up? You<br>> could also have their My Documents directory point to a mapped drive.<br><br>The Samba share idea is good, but it adds a burden on the users I'd
<br>like to spare them (backups should be passive as far as they're<br>concerned). The mapped network drive idea sounds interesting.<br>Assuming that anything they'd want to backup is in My Documents (which<br>is probably not a good assumption), what happens to laptop users when
<br>they leave the network? What happens to files that are currently in<br>My Documents once it gets mapped?<br><br>In any case, thanks for the ideas.<br><br>j<br>_______________________________________________<br>Linux mailing list
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