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Re: Full backups (over network) of non-Linux machines?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris J. Manders)
Wed Nov 11 18:18:56 1998
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 15:17:42 -0800 (PST)
From: "Chris J. Manders" <cmanders@mh1.lbl.gov>
Reply-To: "Chris J. Manders" <cmanders@mh1.lbl.gov>
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Hi,
Free is the problem.
ADSM and Legato both have clients for Linux, NT, you name it.....but I would
actually buy a product called Hummingbird NT NFS Server (~<$200) and then export
the whole NT tree to your Linux Box.
Mount as something like /mnt/NT1
then tar it and gzip it with normal commands. Works great! I do suggest a
separate net than then corporate net to do this, though, as it _will_ hog
bandwidth.
Another idea is to use 'ghost'. This backup is actually immediately bootable and
is a good cookie-cutter for NT systems (or other systems even).
Tried smbtar once and had a similar experience, so it fits the NT strategy of
(Not There) yet. ;)
Cheers!
--Chris.
> George Lenzer wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of a way to FULLY backup up Windows NT/95 clients over the
> > network using Linux? When I say full backup, I mean the entire disk
> > structure. That way I could set up a few "images" of my NT or 95 clients
> > and clone or reproduce existing machines. I've been able to clone NT
> > Workstations using 'dd' and an additional hard drive, but I would really
> > like to find a way to do it without opening the box.
>
> This is supposed to be possible using smbtar, but getting the NT permissions
> right is a problem.
>
> The only foolproof method I know is to install a minimal Linux
> on the NT box, boot Linux and dd the NT partition to tape or
> a remote disk. Also record detailed partitioning information,
> so you can restore if their disk blows.
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > George Lenzer
> >
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