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

[Fred Janon]

So what was the backup software used on Windz?

Thanks

Fred
--- Alex Polglaze <apolglaze at book-keepingnetwork.com.au> wrote:

> 
> 
> Ari Finander wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 8/5/06, *Daniel Pearson* <daniel at flashware.net 
> > <mailto: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.
> 
> FWIW, I went to a seminar the other day and they were demonstrating 
> Windows back up, 
> complete system to to USB drive in a few seconds to a couple of
> minutes only. Then they 
> deleted some of the operating system files, and of course the system
> wouldn't reboot.
> 
> They then restored the system from the back-up.
> 
> The whole exercise was done using an audience member to be the monkey
> and it took less 
> than ten minutes from back-up, destruction, restore and then showing
> the working system again.
> 
> Very impressive. Further details available if wanted, but it is only
> for Windows and there 
> isn't and won't be, a Linux version in case you are wondering.
> 
> Alex
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