> Hi. > What is the best backup method for Windows 7/8/2008/2012 clients? > > I read many limitations/problems on SMB method, and I read that many > users use rsyncd/rsync on SSH/DeltaCopy.
Neither smb nor rsync can inherently read open files; they're file transports. Rsync does have other advantages over smb (reliability and efficiency of transfer) and is often coupled with a method of instantiating Windows' volume shadow copy service. > But I read that some other users use the Volume Shadow Copy Service > which seems to be more reliable > (http://urkomasse.blogspot.it/2012/10/using-backuppc-with-windows-server-2008.html). The volume shadow copy service doesn't back up anything, it simply provides a way of reading open files, which is otherwise semantically prevented by Windows -- as well as supporting VSS providers which ensure that data is in a consistent state, which can be more specialized for applications like SQL Server. > What is your advise? > Please note that I will need to be able to backup also open (locked) > files like data files of SQL Server. Given that, a VSS/rsync combination is more or less required. There are two methods for coordinating the shadow copy service with rsync -- ssh and winexe. I use the winexe method here, and put together an installer to handle the various Windows versions (though I haven't yet updated it for 2012/8+. > Thank you very much! > Bye ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ 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/
