Backing up Window clients

Myles A. Braithwaite myles-Ufssi81vwmMSKvlGVnxYRVaTQe2KTcn/ at public.gmane.org
Mon Jul 16 12:29:54 UTC 2007


I currently use cygwin, rsync, and cron to do most of my backups.

There is also a built in Windows backup client that may do the job.

----- "Kihara Muriithi" <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi pals,
> 
> Last week, one of the company employee lost her laptop. This
> triggered
> the management to mandate that there need to be automated backups
> daily. I am therefore looking for application to do automatic backups
> of clients computers. Naturally, these are mainly Window platform. I
> am aware of amanda, but have no experience with using it and most of
> the documentation out there seem a little dated. I am however
> inclined
> to take this routes unless convinced otherwise, as it seem to support
> HP C5683A SCSI system currently in place.
> 
> Does someone here use amanda and what is their experience with it?
> i.e, How reliable is this application? What are the other
> alternatives
> out there and how do they compare with amanda? Any advice would be
> appreciated
> 
> Regards
> William
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