In our environment we have each of users setup with an individual network share on a server. We then had everyone's "My Documents" folder mapped to their network share. We ask that the user not keep "valuables" on their local pc and keep it on mapped drives.
That way all the users files are sitting on a server and not on the desktop. We then have assorted excludes to help reduce the mp3 and other files. If the user is required to work with mp3 or other files then they keep those files in a separate mapped drive related to the department they are working in. Instead of backing up countless desktops and related issues we just back a couple of servers. David Tyree Interface Analyst South Georgia Medical Center 229.333.1155 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 10:42 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Backing up desktops/workstations I am looking for war-stories, experiences, suggestions, ideas from you folks that have implemented backing up desktop machines, which could expand into thousands of additional TSM nodes. I have been tasked with looking into doing this. The current guidelines is to "only backup 'documents and settings/users' folder, excluding all music files (mp3/wmv/wav/flac/ogg)". My first thought is to stand-up a new server (or two). Create a default policy-domain with short retention (30-days or less) with few copies (2) and a cloptset with an exclude everything and include doc & settings/users plus exclude or the music files. -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html