[plug] On and off topic - Fedora working with Win2003 SBS? Backup software recommendations for a DDS4 tape drive under 2003 SBS

[Ari Finander]

Hi again all,

Hope you are well. Obviously I haven't shuffled off yet and it appears I've
achieved something resembling a remission (for serious lack of a better word
- motorised wheelchair is now a permanent feature but I get around a lot on
my crutches pretty well for short distances still). Anyway, I've gone back
to uni to do the degree I should have done instead of a PhD in the degree I
did do and I've also started back at work, in a field I'm not so qualified
in: network and server administration. Hence, I've come back here to the
experts.

Firstly, the on topic bits. My employer really hates windows, but feels
forced into it. He wants to start using a multi OS compatible office and
productivity software, particularly a new thing coming out from IBM (if
they'd ever bother replying to his repeated queries by email and phone!!).
He also wants to know if it's worth buying a commercial distribution such as
RedHat or Suse. I suggested we turn his old Dell server (running win2000
server) into a Fedora server to test the waters first. It'll go online
alongside the Win2003 SBS server which will continue to act as the PDC. Are
there network disasters waiting for me in the near future? I should
reiterate that I'm learning all of this as quickly as I can, as I have never
been exposed to Active Directory or Sharepoint or Exchange and am learning
as I fix them and turn his windows server into what he wanted in the first
place...

Now this brings me to my off topic bit. His current backup strategy consists
of a rotating set of DDS4 tapes and Tapeware software. I hate this software.
It is not intuitive and it does not generate logs and, apparently, if a
folder gets moved it just freezes until I get back into the office and
manually stop it - sometimes days later. This business really really needs a
better backup software. I really like this place, and they help a lot of
people, so I'm really trying to do the absolute best I can with them. Can
any of you recommend a good piece of backup software that'll run on Win2003
SBS that will work with their DDS4 tapes and provide good error messages and
logs? Preferably one that is not too expensive, they've had to pay a lot
recently already for other things, and that has a user base that I can turn
to for support?

Thanks all, I appreciate your help.

Regards,

Ari
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