I have had very nice results with reoback, http://sourceforge.net/projects/reoback
I set up IIS on a W2K Pro workstation (just the iis and ftp servers to save space and then set up reoback by hand on my e-smith server. Not being proficient/confident enough with Perl, I did not bother to set up a panel for it. On the W2K box I just went to Administration Tools -> Internet Services Manager -> Default FTP Site I then checked the read, write, and log visits boxes and Unix Directory Style listing, and under Security tab entered a username and password to use for the backups. It works like a charm reoback will do a full and incremental backups and ftp the files to the W2K box based using a crontab entry for time (I set it up in the middle of the night and total time takes anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes). The files are compressed, (tgz) and there is no 2Gb Samba limit, unlike the flexbackup to a workstation. reoback uses a simple config file in /etc/reoback/... and runs in cycles of your choosing, for example, if you have a 5 day cycle, it will do a full backup on day 1 and incrementals on days 2 thru 5. On day 6 it will again do a full backup and then delete days 1 thru 5 to save disk space. You also have the option of keeping local copies. I've been very satisfied with the results and find that it works a little faster than my HP 24i scsi unit. Regard, John C. On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 16:53, Bob Meyers wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darrell May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:46 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] [BETA] > e-smith-rsback-0.4.2-1.noarch.rpm > > released! > > > > > > Bob Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > I suppose one draw back is security, > > > > A HUGE drawback! > > Unless one can strictly control the I/O of workstations. That's why I > said it might need encryption and security. Windows 2K and Windows XP > provide improved encryption and file perm controls. > > > I'd say backup to workstations is not a wise choice. > > Backup to a second SME server is better. > > Yes, I agree servers are better, but I just keep thinking about that > unused wealth of disk space on workstations, and counter with the > possible huge gains in fault tolerance. > > > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
