[nzlug] Open Source Backup of Windows

[Nick 'Zaf' Clifford]

Scott Newton wrote:
> On Wednesday, 02 April 2008 17:44:43 Nick 'Zaf' Clifford wrote:
>   
>> Has anyone come across any open source backup utils that have a Windows
>> agent that does full system state (including Exchange)?
>>
>> Preferably over the network. Essentially we have a Linux box that will
>> store the backups of a Windows server. NTBackup is an option, but I hate
>> the unreliability of it.
>>     
>
> Bacula will do network backups of Windows (and not via smb either). 
> http://www.bacula.org/en/
>
>   
>From the website:
Due to open system files, and registry problems, Bacula cannot save and
restore a complete Win2K/XP/NT environment.

A suggestion by Damian Coutts using Microsoft's NTBackup utility in
conjunction with Bacula should permit a Full bare metal restore of
Win2K/XP (and possibly NT systems). His suggestion is to do an NTBackup
of the critical system state prior to running a Bacula backup with the
following command:

If I'm using NTBackup, I'd rather use it for everything, than a half and
half solution.

But thanks anyway.

/me considers putting on my old Windows developer hat and writting a
Open source backup util that does system state for Windows.

Nick