I spent four months implemting Bacula in a production environment on Windows/Mac/Linux servers. It has a ton of features but it is a MAJOR PAIN. Eventually I just setup a machine with a huge disk. Then I use SSH and something like the following: tar -cf /dir_to_backup | ssh backupuser at backuphost -C "cd /backup_storage/ && cat > backup_of_host.tar" I imagine on the backup host you could write the files to a tape instead of the making then into a file. Maybe something like this?? ( I have never used a tape drive in my life. So this is probaly wrong. tar -c /dir_to_backup | ssh backupuser at backuphost -C "tar -c name_of_tape_drive -" You can install tar for windows and Putty's plink to make it work on Windows (ask me for info). Of course you need your private keys setup correctly. Brock On 4/13/05, Adam Maloney <adam at whee.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Jim Masters wrote: > > > I am looking for opinions on re-thinking my backup setup. Currently I > > backup my Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems to a disk on a Windows > > 2000 box, then I do occasional backups to my DLT drives. I am looking > > for opinions on the best way to get all of these system backups > > automated. I use Windows Backup for the Windows systems and Tar for the > > Unix systems, I would prefer to be able to backup these systems directly > > to tape, but I would be willing to still backup to disk then to tape. > > > > I have looked at Amanda, Bacula, and a number of commercial solutions. > > Is Bacula insufficient for some reason? IIRC, it has clients for all of > your above systems. I haven't used it, but looked into it for a similar > situation I had. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- "There is one and only one social responsibility of business - to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud." Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050413/6c422a21/attachment.htm