[CentOS] Backups solution from WinDoze to linux

Tom Bishop
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:29:35 -0000

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:49 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.
>


Veeam fully supports it, I don't have as much time with this product since
it pretty new, but its based on their server stuff which I have been using
for years and it's been solid.  I have some really nasty window servers
doing everything under the sun and they get backed up and replicated
continuously, I don't have as much time on this new offering but I am using
it and so far so good.