Re: [gentoo-server] Setting up a server in a Windows XP invirnment

[Nick Van Vlaenderen]

Hello Andrew and Marco,

Backups are made by a program called "Smartsync Pro". I don't really know 
how this works, but the network administrator told me that it 
automatically synchronizes the data of every PC with the data on the 
server... Hope someone can help me, or can I still use the tools you 
recomended me?

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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Andrew Cooks wrote:

> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:35:58 +0200 (SAST)
> From: Andrew Cooks <acooks@××××××××.za>
> Reply-To: gentoo-server@g.o
> To: gentoo-server@g.o
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Setting up a server in a Windows XP
>     invirnment
>
>
> I can verify that the Samba export + standard windows backup tool works
> well for windows workstations. It's cheap (as cheap as windows can
> be- itcomes with Windows) and easy to set up.
>
> For something more specialised, I recommend Bacula (www.bacula.org). It
> was easier to configure than Amanda, has better documentation, can handle
> tape backups much better imho and is still actively being developed.
>
> Just my 0.02 Zim dollars.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Marco Wesselgren wrote:
>
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > The company I work for has a network of Windows XP computers. There is
> > > also a server that is used for backups, also running on Windows XP. Now,
> > > they want to use the server as an e-mail gateway too. I am running Gentoo
> > > for almost a year now and thought of using instead of Windows XP on the
> > > server. There is only one problem: how can Windows XP save its backups on
> > > a Linux system? I mean, at the moment, there is no problem, cause the
> > > server runs on Windows XP too, but can I use the same technology to make
> > > backups with a Linux-server?
> >
> > You could use Amanda (http://www.amanda.org) to automate your backups,
> > it can handle backups of Windows hosts.
> >
> >
> >
>
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