Agreed Jeff - my point that I was trying to get across Regards
Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 September 2006 14:01 To: WEAVER, Simon; Ed Wilts; J K Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Using NetBackup directly with tape drive UNIX/Linux have multiple utilities such as tar and cpio. (In fact NetBackup actually does its backups using a modified version of GNU tar.) If this is a single server with a single tape drive it does seem using NetBackup is overkill especially given the cost. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, Simon Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:10 AM To: 'Ed Wilts'; J K Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Using NetBackup directly with tape drive Actually, to add to Ed's comments, if this is a basic box, small environment and windows, use NTBackup :-) Its FREE, part of the OS! I am sure Unix must have some sort of other functionaility for doing backups - might be another option to consider :-) HTH Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 September 2006 12:55 To: J K Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Using NetBackup directly with tape drive On 9/14/2006 3:26 AM, J K wrote: > Hi, I just joined the list so I'm a newcomer, both in the list and in > the NetBackup world in general. I've all of a sudden taken over the > management of a Windows server having NetBackup ver 4.5 installed. > There's a tape drive in the machine. > > Now, the server pointed to have been shut down since a long time ago > and noone has been taking care of making backups since then. Someone > said that he was sure it was possible to make a backup to the tape > drive in the machine using NetBackup. But, from what I've understood, > you can't do anything unless there's a NetBackup server somewhere > that, in turn, connects to the tape drive. Is this true? NetBackup has 3 major components - a master server (which holds the catalog), a media server (which writes to backup storage units like disk or tape), and clients. All 3 are required although they can all be on the same system. If you do not have a master server, then you're probably not going to want to install it just to back up one client - you'd be far cheaper off going with some like BackupExec. If you do have a master server, you could make your client a media server so that it can drive the tape drive. Those licenses aren't cheap either and you don't typically make a server a media server unless it's writing data to tape for multiple clients. A SAN media server license is cheaper and is typically used to backup just yourself directly to a tape drive. Again, you need to review the price of it versus another product completely especially for a small computer club. All that said, NetBackup 4.5 is old. You should upgrade to the latest maintenance pak in the 5.1 version. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email is for the intended addressee only. If you have received it in error then you must not use, retain, disseminate or otherwise deal with it. Please notify the sender by return email. The views of the author may not necessarily constitute the views of Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email is for the intended addressee only. If you have received it in error then you must not use, retain, disseminate or otherwise deal with it. Please notify the sender by return email. The views of the author may not necessarily constitute the views of Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu