[CentOS] Backups solution from WinDoze to linux

Tony Schreiner
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:01:29 -0000

backuppc  does support pre- and post- backup scripts, so it is possible to
implement backing up from vss. I've never done it, but there examples can
be found

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at
gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 07/14/2015 07:17 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>
>> My manager just tasked me at looking at this, for one team we're
>> supporting. Now, he'd been thinking of bacula, but I see their
Windows
>> binaries are now not-free, so I'm looking around. IIRC, Les thinks
highly
>> of backuppc; comments on that, or other packaged solutions?
>>
>
> I would strongly recommend a product that supports VSS.  Bacula does, and
> Veeam does as far as I can tell (mentioned by Tom). BackupPC does not.
> Without snapshots (VSS), you may back up inconsistent data, and you'll
miss
> backups of open files.
>
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