Re: Desktop Backup Con't
Perl can do this with the proper Win32 modules. It can detect file/directory changes without doing a scheduled scan. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies is all you need -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
What would the proper Win32 modules be? ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Perl can do this with the proper Win32 modules. It can detect file/directory changes without doing a scheduled scan. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies is all you need -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup Con't
Dammit - I knew while I was typing that I was gonna have to answer that question. And its a good question too. But I dont remember the answer off-hand. :-/ But we (my Perl developer) did create a very similar routine in Perl a few years back for a custom file-transfer back-end for an FTP site at a previous employer. Amusingly it was a couple of years before I became actively interested in Perl myself - so I didnt pay much attention to the details at the time. I'll see if I cant dig something up. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would the proper Win32 modules be? ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Perl can do this with the proper Win32 modules. It can detect file/directory changes without doing a scheduled scan. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies is all you need -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
Well I'm just starting to play with perl myself, and that seems like it could be an interesting project to play with. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Dammit - I knew while I was typing that I was gonna have to answer that question. And its a good question too. But I dont remember the answer off-hand. :-/ But we (my Perl developer) did create a very similar routine in Perl a few years back for a custom file-transfer back-end for an FTP site at a previous employer. Amusingly it was a couple of years before I became actively interested in Perl myself - so I didnt pay much attention to the details at the time. I'll see if I cant dig something up. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would the proper Win32 modules be? ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Perl can do this with the proper Win32 modules. It can detect file/directory changes without doing a scheduled scan. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies is all you need -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup Con't
I'm still looking back at my notes. A basic search via Google shows a few different modules that match the search perl module detect file changes, but I am still trying to find information on the module that I/we specifically used. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I'm just starting to play with perl myself, and that seems like it could be an interesting project to play with. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Dammit - I knew while I was typing that I was gonna have to answer that question. And its a good question too. But I dont remember the answer off-hand. :-/ But we (my Perl developer) did create a very similar routine in Perl a few years back for a custom file-transfer back-end for an FTP site at a previous employer. Amusingly it was a couple of years before I became actively interested in Perl myself - so I didnt pay much attention to the details at the time. I'll see if I cant dig something up. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would the proper Win32 modules be? ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Perl can do this with the proper Win32 modules. It can detect file/directory changes without doing a scheduled scan. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies is all you need -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
It's going to have to be something that registers the NT FileChanged event. If that helps. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't I'm still looking back at my notes. A basic search via Google shows a few different modules that match the search perl module detect file changes, but I am still trying to find information on the module that I/we specifically used. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I'm just starting to play with perl myself, and that seems like it could be an interesting project to play with. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Dammit - I knew while I was typing that I was gonna have to answer that question. And its a good question too. But I dont remember the answer off-hand. :-/ But we (my Perl developer) did create a very similar routine in Perl a few years back for a custom file-transfer back-end for an FTP site at a previous employer. Amusingly it was a couple of years before I became actively interested in Perl myself - so I didnt pay much attention to the details at the time. I'll see if I cant dig something up. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would the proper Win32 modules be? ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Perl can do this with the proper Win32 modules. It can detect file/directory changes without doing a scheduled scan. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies is all you need -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup Con't
Thanks - it probably will! On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's going to have to be something that registers the NT FileChanged event. If that helps. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't I'm still looking back at my notes. A basic search via Google shows a few different modules that match the search perl module detect file changes, but I am still trying to find information on the module that I/we specifically used. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I'm just starting to play with perl myself, and that seems like it could be an interesting project to play with. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Dammit - I knew while I was typing that I was gonna have to answer that question. And its a good question too. But I dont remember the answer off-hand. :-/ But we (my Perl developer) did create a very similar routine in Perl a few years back for a custom file-transfer back-end for an FTP site at a previous employer. Amusingly it was a couple of years before I became actively interested in Perl myself - so I didnt pay much attention to the details at the time. I'll see if I cant dig something up. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would the proper Win32 modules be? ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Perl can do this with the proper Win32 modules. It can detect file/directory changes without doing a scheduled scan. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies is all you need -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Desktop Backup Con't
Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu __ Yahoo! Singapore Answers Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know at http://answers.yahoo.com.sg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
Xcopy? Shook From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Con't Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/movies/*http:/sg.movies.yahoo.com/Showtimes/cine mas/ is all you need ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
Or robocopy, to do it on the cheap. DPM can do this, as can NetBackup. I'm sure that CommVault would have an entry in this space too. Check out the usual suspects. For that matter, offline files. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Xcopy? Shook _ From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Con't Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu _ Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/movies/*http:/sg.movies.yahoo.com/Showtimes/cinemas/ Movies is all you need ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
That was what I was thinking...something along the lines of robocopy running as a startup task? From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Xcopy? Shook From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Con't Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movieshttp://sg.rd.yahoo.com/movies/*http:/sg.movies.yahoo.com/Showtimes/cinemas/ is all you need ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
I have been using ViceVersa Pro at a number of client sites and they love it: http://www.tgrmn.com/ http://www.tgrmn.com/ Costs money, though, but it is a million times better than that Windows “feature” called Offline Folders. Peter From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Con't Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/movies/*http:/sg.movies.yahoo.com/Showtimes/cinemas/ is all you need ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
Robocopy and an AT command running the script every 10 minutes or so. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't That was what I was thinking...something along the lines of robocopy running as a startup task? From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Xcopy? Shook From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Con't Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/movies/*http:/sg.movies.yahoo.com/Showtimes/cine mas/ is all you need ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup Con't
SecondCopy - assuming you can map the drive. Inexpensive and bulletproof. Tech support is superb, BTW. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu -- Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movieshttp://sg.rd.yahoo.com/movies/*http://sg.movies.yahoo.com/Showtimes/cinemas/is all you need ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
That sounds like a job for the new breed of Continuous Data Protection devices/software. SonicWalls got an appliance and EMC/Retrospect just released their add-on module yesterday for the SMB crowd. http://www.emcinsignia.com/products/smb/retroforwin/addons/ - Andy O. From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Con't Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies is all you need ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
Nobody really mentioned the requirement or 'detecting changes'... SyncBack SE can do this that. Detect changes, and run a Sync/Backup job. Or really anything else for that matter... For $30, it's the most versatile and handy program I have ever used. I use for about 150 different backup jobs, including all my desktops and laptops. I've plugged it on this list many times, but there is not an affiliation :) From: Stephan Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lists Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Robocopy and an AT command running the script every 10 minutes or so. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't That was what I was thinking...something along the lines of robocopy running as a startup task? From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Xcopy? Shook From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Con't Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movies http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/movies/*http:/sg.movies.yahoo.com/Showtimes/cine mas/ is all you need ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
Not knocking you or your suggestion...just pointing out that we did cover changes with robocopy. We just didn't mention it specifically. /mon and it watches for changes...there are a lot of switch options in robocopy to cover the scenario. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Nobody really mentioned the requirement or 'detecting changes'... SyncBack SE can do this that. Detect changes, and run a Sync/Backup job. Or really anything else for that matter... For $30, it's the most versatile and handy program I have ever used. I use for about 150 different backup jobs, including all my desktops and laptops. I've plugged it on this list many times, but there is not an affiliation :) From: Stephan Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lists Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Robocopy and an AT command running the script every 10 minutes or so. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't That was what I was thinking...something along the lines of robocopy running as a startup task? From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Xcopy? Shook From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Desktop Backup Con't Hi All, I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop backup. His requirement is once the file has been saved, the backup application will detect the change and will replicate the file to the shared storage. I know this can be done on SAN but I have never heard of it in desktop. Does anyone knows of any application can do this? Thanks. Best Regards, Wei Yu Tired of visiting multiple sites for showtimes? Yahoo! Movieshttp://sg.rd.yahoo.com/movies/*http:/sg.movies.yahoo.com/Showtimes/cinemas/ is all you need ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
My suggestion detects changes...albeit, not for $30. :) I love SyncBack for that. But I suppose if you go back to his original requirement of running this on 1000 workstations, a CDP solution might make sense. - Andy O. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Nobody really mentioned the requirement or detecting changes... SyncBack SE can do this that. Detect changes, and run a Sync/Backup job. Or really anything else for that matter... For $30, its the most versatile and handy program I have ever used. I use for about 150 different backup jobs, including all my desktops and laptops. Ive plugged it on this list many times, but there is not an affiliation :) ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
Good points Andy and Jim, thanks! -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't My suggestion detects changes...albeit, not for $30. :) I love SyncBack for that. But I suppose if you go back to his original requirement of running this on 1000 workstations, a CDP solution might make sense. - Andy O. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Nobody really mentioned the requirement or 'detecting changes'... SyncBack SE can do this that. Detect changes, and run a Sync/Backup job. Or really anything else for that matter... For $30, it's the most versatile and handy program I have ever used. I use for about 150 different backup jobs, including all my desktops and laptops. I've plugged it on this list many times, but there is not an affiliation :) ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup Con't
Thanks for all the suggestions. I forgot to mention, the client want the changes to be sync immediately and not wait for the next scheduled. I have tried telling him to use offline folders or VSS but seems like he is not interested. He wanted a solution from some branded company like Symantec, CA etc. The main issue is his request of sync immediately to the shared storage which I find it difficult to achieve. Thanks. - Original Message From: Sam Cayze [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, 8 May 2008 11:57:10 Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Good points Andy and Jim, thanks! -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't My suggestion detects changes...albeit, not for $30. :) I love SyncBack for that. But I suppose if you go back to his original requirement of running this on 1000 workstations, a CDP solution might make sense. - Andy O. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Nobody really mentioned the requirement or 'detecting changes'... SyncBack SE can do this that. Detect changes, and run a Sync/Backup job. Or really anything else for that matter... For $30, it's the most versatile and handy program I have ever used. I use for about 150 different backup jobs, including all my desktops and laptops. I've plugged it on this list many times, but there is not an affiliation :) ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ __ Search, browse and book your hotels and flights through Yahoo! Travel. http://sg.travel.yahoo.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup Con't
How about a windows service that watches the folder and syncs as soon as there are changes? That can be done in a few minutes. --Tigran On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Active Elk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all the suggestions. I forgot to mention, the client want the changes to be sync immediately and not wait for the next scheduled. I have tried telling him to use offline folders or VSS but seems like he is not interested. He wanted a solution from some branded company like Symantec, CA etc. The main issue is his request of sync immediately to the shared storage which I find it difficult to achieve. Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup Con't
I didn't know robocopy had a /mon switch. That's pretty cool. --Tigran On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Sam Cayze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't many of the services suggestioned do this that? Like I said, SyncBack will do just that, and other's mentioned similar products as well. (Robocopy with the /mon switch) -Original Message- From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Thanks for all the suggestions. I forgot to mention, the client want the changes to be sync immediately and not wait for the next scheduled. I have tried telling him to use offline folders or VSS but seems like he is not interested. He wanted a solution from some branded company like Symantec, CA etc. The main issue is his request of sync immediately to the shared storage which I find it difficult to achieve. Thanks. - Original Message From: Sam Cayze [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, 8 May 2008 11:57:10 Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Good points Andy and Jim, thanks! -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't My suggestion detects changes...albeit, not for $30. :) I love SyncBack for that. But I suppose if you go back to his original requirement of running this on 1000 workstations, a CDP solution might make sense. - Andy O. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Nobody really mentioned the requirement or 'detecting changes'... SyncBack SE can do this that. Detect changes, and run a Sync/Backup job. Or really anything else for that matter... For $30, it's the most versatile and handy program I have ever used. I use for about 150 different backup jobs, including all my desktops and laptops. I've plugged it on this list many times, but there is not an affiliation :) ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ __ Search, browse and book your hotels and flights through Yahoo! Travel. http://sg.travel.yahoo.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Tigran ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Desktop Backup Con't
Better would be a service that registers for file change notifications (so you don't have continuous monitoring activity) and then copies the data elsewhere. More sophisticated (but requiring a far degree of skill) would be to create a file system filter that did the operation transparently as the file was being written to disk. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 9 May 2008 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Don't many of the services suggestioned do this that? Like I said, SyncBack will do just that, and other's mentioned similar products as well. (Robocopy with the /mon switch) -Original Message- From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't Thanks for all the suggestions. I forgot to mention, the client want the changes to be sync immediately and not wait for the next scheduled. I have tried telling him to use offline folders or VSS but seems like he is not interested. He wanted a solution from some branded company like Symantec, CA etc. The main issue is his request of sync immediately to the shared storage which I find it difficult to achieve. Thanks. - Original Message From: Sam Cayze [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, 8 May 2008 11:57:10 Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't Good points Andy and Jim, thanks! -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Desktop Backup Con't My suggestion detects changes...albeit, not for $30. :) I love SyncBack for that. But I suppose if you go back to his original requirement of running this on 1000 workstations, a CDP solution might make sense. - Andy O. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Desktop Backup Con't
One of our major clients use Connected from IronMountain. They have users all over the world and it have worked pretty well so far. Regards, Rubens ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
