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

[Ari Finander]

On 8/5/06, Daniel Pearson <daniel at flashware.net> wrote:
>
>  I've found that the built in Windows Backup program can work well,
> assuming its been well scripted and the tapes are in the drive ready to go
> for when the scheduled time is.
>


Thanks for the input Daniel. I've read that in cases of disaster recovery it
can only be used to restore to a system of very similar type of motherboard
and CPU, is this accurate? I have only just started investigating this
option. Scripting is something I'm not so crash hot on, but the tapes are
always in the drive when a backup is scheduled (it's just hard to tell with
their Tapeware software if that's occuring).


What kind of data is being backed up, and of what capacity? Does it all fit
> on one tape, etc
>

Yes, it all fits on one 40GB tape. It's office and scientific data as well
as a couple of databases.

 Regards,

Ari

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> Ari Finander wrote:
>
> 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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