Retrospect will do exactly what you describe. Proactive backup is what they call it. You say - I want laptops backed up every X days/hours/minutes and it will back them up when they are visible on the network. If they miss their window they start backing up within 2 minutes of being visible on the network. You can have it tell the user if they haven't been backed in X days too so if they are out of the office for a long time they can at least be warned that they aren't being backed up.
Worked like a charm for us for the last 5 years - Andy O. >-----Original Message----- >From: Shawn Everett [mailto:sh...@tandac.com] >Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:39 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: Backup Solutions > >Hi All, > >I have a client looking for a backup solution for their company laptops. > >The laptops are taken off site regularly and they want them backed up once >they come back onto the company network. This should be an automatic >process. > >They're not looking for a job that runs at 3AM and gets the backups if >they're online or not. Rather something that runs the moment the laptop >is connected to the docking station/internal network. > >Any thoughts? I don't normally run backups in this manner. > >Shawn ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
