How much data are you backing up? I have played with the unix agent some just got it running that is all.
Thanks for info. On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 11:27, Rechenberg, Andrew wrote: > > I would not recommend using Samba to backup your box via a Windows share > (my personal opinion). > > We use BackupExec 8.6 to backup our Red Hat boxes with the supplied > Veritas Backup Exec Agent for UNIX. It works like a charm. The UNIX > agent is on the BE CD in the Agents folder. Untar the agent and read > the INSTALL or README file (I can't remember which file is in there) and > follow the instructions and you're off. If you have more than one NIC > in the box, make sure that you specify which IP address the agent should > use because BE gets unhappy if you don't specify and your backups will > fail. > > Once you have configured the agent on your Linux box it should show up > in the Unix Agents section under 'Remote Selections' in your BackupExec > console. > > Good luck, > Andy. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Schmeits [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: veritas 8.5 > > > We are in the process of buying a new file server. Will be storing about > 100G of data for our window users. Are considering using RH7.x running > Samba and are curious of everyones success rate of incorporating a Samba > machine into a NT domain. > > Please note that are backup machine is a Win2k box running Veritas 8.5 > and trying to figure out how am I going to backup all these shares on a > Linux machine? 8.5 does have a program a person installs on the file > server which allows to be backuped from Veritas. > > Has anybody been backing up a Linux box using Veritas 8.5 what is your > success rate? Doesn't it get weird backing up files from linux to > Windows? > > I often restore files on a regular base so I am very concerned about > that function. > > > > -- > ********************************** > Roger Schmeits > System Analyst > Clarkson College > http://www.clarksoncollege.edu > Omaha, NE USA > 1-800-647-5500 x22542 > ********************************* > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- ********************************** Roger Schmeits System Analyst Clarkson College http://www.clarksoncollege.edu Omaha, NE USA 1-800-647-5500 x22542 ********************************* -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
