[nzlug] Open Source Backup of Windows

[Michael Hutchinson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nzlug-bounces at linux.net.nz [mailto:nzlug-bounces at linux.net.nz]
On
> Behalf Of Nick 'Zaf' Clifford
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2008 8:25 p.m.
> To: NZLUG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nzlug] Open Source Backup of Windows
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> 

Please do!! We use Backup Exec (both Veritas and Symantec versions) for
system state and Exchange servers. It is full of bugs, useless error
codes, and enough headache time to kill a camel.

An Open Source backup program that can do Windows system state and
Exchange would be warmly welcomed by a very large community of pissed of
BackupExec users.

Cheers,
Mike