I have an opensolaris server running with a raidz zfs pool with almost 1TB of storage. This is intended to be a central fileserver via samba and ftp for all sorts of purposes. I also want to use it to backup my XP laptop. I am having trouble finding out how I can setup solaris to allow my XP machine to backup on a regular schedule, do I look for programs for XP or does solaris have some built in apps that can help with automating this process in terms of syncing folders and allowing for restoration and recovery. This message posted from opensolaris.org
On May 15, 2007, at 9:32 PM, Hazvinei Mugwagwa wrote:> I have an opensolaris server running with a raidz zfs pool with > almost 1TB of storage. This is intended to be a central > fileserver via samba and ftp for all sorts of purposes. I also want > to use it to backup my XP laptop. I am having trouble finding out > how I can setup solaris to allow my XP machine to backup on a > regular schedule, do I look for programs for XP or does solaris > have some built in apps that can help with automating this process > in terms of syncing folders and allowing for restoration and recovery.Have you looked at Bacula? http://www.bacula.org/ -- Michael Hale <giftculture at gmail.com> gift culture http://www.gift- culture.org init string http://www.initstring.org amm http://www.artificialmusicmachine.com
At 11:42 PM 5/15/2007, Michael Hale wrote:>On May 15, 2007, at 9:32 PM, Hazvinei Mugwagwa wrote: > >>I have an opensolaris server running with a raidz zfs pool with >>almost 1TB of storage. This is intended to be a central >>fileserver via samba and ftp for all sorts of purposes. I also want >>to use it to backup my XP laptop. I am having trouble finding out >>how I can setup solaris to allow my XP machine to backup on a >>regular schedule, do I look for programs for XP or does solaris >>have some built in apps that can help with automating this process >>in terms of syncing folders and allowing for restoration and recovery.This is exactly the type of system I''ll start building today. Initially I plan to use my current setup of Ghost 9 on XP to back up to a 1.5TB RAID-Z. Ghost as a sunk cost has the signal advantages of backing up my most critical filesystems every hour, and being tested under fire, so to speak. All it wants as a target is a local or network accessible filesystem.>Have you looked at Bacula? http://www.bacula.org/Of all the options in the highly recommenced _Backup and Recovery_ by W. Curtis Preston ("Inexpensive Backup Solutions for Open Systems", ISBN-10 0-596-10246-1, Oreilly), Bacula looks like the best of the conventional backup solutions, although it requires you to set up a production strength relational DB (such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, and SQLite is an option), The Bacula Windows client uses the MS Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) available in XP and Server 2003 and later to make consistent copies. Also worth checking out are the "Open-Source Near-CDP" solutions in the following chapter (Near Continuous Data Protection). If I read it correctly, while tricky to set up (the author suggests using cygwin as of the time of writing), rdiff-backup running on XP would capture NTFS metadata without the target filesystem type being an issue. - Harold
I''m using a ZFS/Solaris Samba share and use "MS SyncToy" to schedule backups. Works fine for me. This message posted from opensolaris.org
> I have an opensolaris server running with a raidz zfs > pool with almost 1TB of storage. This is intended > to be a central fileserver via samba and ftp for all > sorts of purposes. I also want to use it to backup my > XP laptop. I am having trouble finding out how I can > setup solaris to allow my XP machine to backup on a > regular schedule, do I look for programs for XP or > does solaris have some built in apps that can help > with automating this process in terms of syncing > folders and allowing for restoration and recovery.You could look at Rsync, or it''s prettier, easier to install wrapper on Windows called Deltacopy. Once you sync your laptop with the ZFS filesystem, just run a Snapshot command to keep a history of revisions. :) This message posted from opensolaris.org