hi everybody ! in answer to question "how to back up files from a Windows 2003 Small Business Server ?" i would suggest, in addition to your solutions, to try bacula, from http://www.bacula.org , which runs pretty on every system, with GUIs and web interfaces, a great solution.
another would be FREENAS , an entire Linux OS dedicated to backups. from http://www.freenas.org/ it runs also on a virtual machine or obviously installed, and is great since it integrates in Active Diretory, seamless RAID configuration, and rsync, whose clients are available also for windows. so, both solutions are good candidates to a backup machine, which acts as NAS, and can inherit AD policies. you can then automate (also by GUIs) your policies, but sure, a little scripting can always help !! bye and sorry for late posting, HTH however. Massimiliano Fantuzzi On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Kelvin Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lee: > > In my opinion it depends on your goals. It would be easy enough to > setup a Linux box with Samba, map a share called e.g. 'Backup', and then > use ntbackup to schedule routine backups to that share. Although > ntbackup is quite basic, it would fit the requirements you outlined, and > cover you to a limited extent. > > Alternatively, you could take your pick of backup software for Windows > (Backup Exec, ShadowProtect...) and use that to backup to the shared > drive. > > That's what I have done/would do at least. > > Cheers, > > Kelvin > > > On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 14:50 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I am not sure if this is possible. > > > > Is there away for a Linux PC to be able to back up files from a Windows > > 2003 Small Business Server. I would prefer to use Ubuntu as it is quick > to > > install but the backup application would need to have a gui and be able > to > > do full and incremental backups. > > > > Regards, > > Lee > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > For super low premiums, click here http://www.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm > > > -- > Kelvin Nicholson > Voice: +886 9 52152 336 > Voice: +1 503 715 5535 > GPG Keyid: 289090AC > Data: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: yj_kelvin > Site: http://www.kelvinism.com > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Massimiliano Fantuzzi, IT Professionist & System Builder www.fantuz.net // [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
