Guys !,
I must admit that I have not heard of this program/product. I am going to have
to look into it.
Todd Taft said, " It can do backups without requiring any software to be
installed on the backup client (using smb for Windows and rsync for
Linux/Mac/UNIX)." I do believe that the Unix/Linux tools would do the same
type job - dd and tar and they have been around a lot longer and were working
on networks, I believe before rsync techniques.
Nick Webb said, " Or you could use BackupPC if all you really need are the
files... but
since you have some very old OSs in there, my guess is that there is a
reason for it and you would be at a loss if you no longer had a working
Windows 2000 and Windows 3.1.1 computer. " Nick you picked that up correctly.
I would like to in the not to distant future be able to move to all VM, but I
have moved to a project based type business model and in this type mode, you do
not know what you are going to come up against and what your needs are going to
be. Some of what I am looking to address now is automation of Pen-testing and
other security related functions and reporting. I am also pursuing digital
forensics certification and capabilities. In Forensics - a virtual environment
is also a handy tool.
So I am trying to handle my current protection needs of my own systems and also
currently for clients that hire my services. I have to be sure of the tools
that I use and to be able to provide protection for my own work and client's
work with, hopefully a single program.
I hope this sheds some light on the request of mine. If not, just ask.
Regards, Harvey
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson
afterwards." -- Unknown
--- On Fri, 10/14/11, Joseph Kern <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Joseph Kern <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Need Suggestions - For Backing Up Older Versions
and Current Op Sys's ...
To: "Harvey Rothenberg" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, October 14, 2011, 8:48 AM
I would echo the previous comments, use virtual machines for all of these
systems and find a backup solution for the host OS. Then you only needs
To back up the virtual disk images and the VM definition files.
On Oct 13, 2011 5:25 PM, "Harvey Rothenberg" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> To the Members,
>
> I have several Windows based systems still operating and I will be
> introducing Virtual based systems and also Linux based systems into my needs
> for protecting them. The Windows systems versions are Win2k SP4, Windows
> 3.1.1 w/Dos 6.2, Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, and Win7 no SP yet.
>
> I will be adding VMWare 4.5, 7.1, and 8 to the mix on one or more of the
> systems. I will also be using one or more of the Linux distributions
> primarily as a Host on one or two system. Currently the Windows Win2k, Dos
> 6.2/Win 3.1.1, and Win 7 systems are independent free-standing systems.
This reads like a crazy certification test question. If this was ServerFault I
would be tempted to mark this as homework :-)
> I was considering a Publisher like Acronis because they have product that can
> run on the mentioned operating systems, but if you are a private user they
> want you on their current released product only, pretty much.
>
> Their current product, like most publishers do not handle the older versions
> of any operating system, but if you had their product back in the day. Their
> newest and most current software will work with the created backup sets from
> the older version of their products.
>
> Then there is the aspect of buying their product that covers Linux/Unix. You
> would have to buy their commercial product if you wanted to stay with this
> single publisher. This price is not on par to a private customer costs (i.e.
> $ 50.00 it is more like $ 500.00).
>
> So I am asking my fellow members if you can make any reasonable suggestions
> for my current need. If you need more info., just ask.
>
> I will say, Thank You ! now for anyone's assistance in my concern.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Harvey Rothenberg
>
> Systems Integrator/Security Specialist
>
> "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson
> afterwards." -- Unknown
>
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