Could you back up the mail server instead of the clients? I've used exmerge (a free-of-charge MS utility) to break the exchange store up into individual pst files -- then use BackupPC to back them up. They will not get locked.
-Rob On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 11:02:27AM +0000, Terry wrote: > Hi every one. I have a small work group of vista laptops who come into > the office and connect using wireless and dhcp. > I am looking to backup there my documents and there pst file which tend > to be a round 2 to 3 GB. > The one big snag is there pst files are mostly going to be open and even > when they close out look the outlook process may still be running due to > add ons they have such as act etc. > Any pointers or experiences welcome. Or am I going to be banging my head > against a brick wall. > > The plus point is I have a freebsd server to use. I am in the middle of > setting up backuppc at home now for some testing > > Thanks > Terry > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
