> -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Zbikowski (Zibby) [SMTP:zibby+tclug at ringworld.org] > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:44 PM > To: TCLUG-list > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] scp to NT > > For minimal software on the windows server, use Putty's pscp in a > scheduled job (if you're planning on automation anyway). Yes, you'll have > two scheduled jobs, but less software to monkey around with. > > If you want to scp to the windows server so that you only have one set of > scripts to work with, Cygwin or http://lexa.mckenna.edu/sshwindows/ is the > way you want to go. > > > | scp backup files -to- an NT server? > | Seems backwards to me, but.... > > It's not that backwards, if you go with Linux is about cost savings. > > Situation: You're introducing Linux to a primiarly Windows enviorment. > Somehow, you have to backup the Linux servers with minimum cost. Extra > backup software + hardware for Linux isn't minimum cost. You allready have > backup software and hardware on Windows, how can you use it? BackUp Exec > support Linux if you purchase a license for the Linux agent, but... > > Soultions: Disk spack is cheap. Your Linux server(s) and Windows > server(s) have plenty of extra disk space. So, you use tar to create a > backup tar file, move tar file to Windows via Samba or SCP and you don't > have to purchase or setup extra software or hardware. > > I did this all the time at a former place of employment. I skipped scp and > using up disk space on the Linux machines and just dumped the tar file > directly to a windows share that was automounted by automount. > > Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org > Linux is not an Operating System. > That doesn't account for backups taken offsite for storage, also it is hard to do many days of backup to a hard drive if you have any amount of data at all. Tapes was, is and are the best solution usually. Not the cheapest, but the best. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list