Tips 4 NTBackup and storing the backup online?

[Guest Frank \(OnsiteAdmin\)]

As anyone any experience or strategies \ applications\ batch files \ tips

for using NTBackup and storing the backup online

 

What I am think off is backing up to a file and then upload that file to a

webspace. However I am unsure of the best tools for the job. (FTP?

Robocopy?)

 

reagrds

 

Frank

[Guest Anthony]

Re: Tips 4 NTBackup and storing the backup online?

 

Frank,

Do you mean over the Internet, or inside a private network? Inside a private

network you can just schedule a task for robocopy. Over the internet you

need a protocol you are happy with that provides adequate security: Secure

FTP; HTTPS; SSH. We use proprietary products for that.

Something like SecureFX will enable you to schedule an upload:

http://www.vandyke.com/support/tips/schedsfxcl.html. The other thing to bear

in mind over the internet is the slow upload speed, so the commercial

products use Differencing to keep the volumes down. A 5GB backup might only

be 50MB of Differences. Something to bear in mind when planning what you are

doing,

Anthony

http://www.airdesk.com

 

 

"Frank (OnsiteAdmin)" <noreply@127.0.0.1> wrote in message

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> As anyone any experience or strategies \ applications\ batch files \ tips

> for using NTBackup and storing the backup online

>

> What I am think off is backing up to a file and then upload that file to a

> webspace. However I am unsure of the best tools for the job. (FTP?

> Robocopy?)

>

> reagrds

>

> Frank

>

>

[Guest Frank \(OnsiteAdmin\)]

Re: Tips 4 NTBackup and storing the backup online?

 

"Anthony" <anthony.spam@spammedout.com> wrote in message

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> so the commercial products use Differencing to keep the volumes down. A

> 5GB backup might only be 50MB of Differences. Something to bear in mind

> when planning what you are

 

Thanks for the answer Anthony, do you have any examples of "differencing"

 

Perhaps if I had WS03R2 on a remote site with VPN access I could use R2's

"improved" DFS to synch up data files on a nightly schedule, I think DFS

uses "differencing"

 

This is still leaves windows & systemstate that need backing up..Perhaps I

could do a weekly windows+systemstate backup @ the w/e and use DFS to synch

these to the remote site

 

Anyway thanks for the helpful reply

 

regards

 

Frank

[Guest Anthony]

Re: Tips 4 NTBackup and storing the backup online?

 

Frank,

Backup Direct uses it for Internet backups. I think most of the commercial

products do, otherwise they just wouldn't work. Altiris Recovery Solution

uses it for corporate networks. DFSR uses it for file synchronisation.

 

With Windows and System State, the main concern is how to get a copy off

site. Its easy enough to back up locally, with NTBackup or any third party

solution. I don't think differencing a backup file will work, as it will be

almost entirely different.

 

Backup strategy is a whole field on its own,

Hope that helps,

Anthony

http://www.airdesk.com

 

 

 

 

"Frank (OnsiteAdmin)" <noreply@127.0.0.1> wrote in message

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> "Anthony" <anthony.spam@spammedout.com> wrote in message

> news:%23Y4VbjR$HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

>> so the commercial products use Differencing to keep the volumes down. A

>> 5GB backup might only be 50MB of Differences. Something to bear in mind

>> when planning what you are

>

> Thanks for the answer Anthony, do you have any examples of "differencing"

>

> Perhaps if I had WS03R2 on a remote site with VPN access I could use R2's

> "improved" DFS to synch up data files on a nightly schedule, I think DFS

> uses "differencing"

>

> This is still leaves windows & systemstate that need backing up..Perhaps I

> could do a weekly windows+systemstate backup @ the w/e and use DFS to

> synch these to the remote site

>

> Anyway thanks for the helpful reply

>

> regards

>

> Frank

>