Unfortunately, they are all separate machines, with no shared disk.  Another
department handles cloning and setups, and the users would not know how to
configure windows backups anyway.  These are professors who only know how to
create 'word' documents, spreadsheets, read email with Eudora, and occasionally
use Matlab.

bob

On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 12:45:19PM -0500, Dwight Cook wrote:
> Will they be attached to a server with some shared disk space ???
> and will that server be backed up to TSM ?
>
> If you only want to do something like backup their documents folder or just
> their misc settings,
> why not just use Window's backup stuff to back that limited amount of stuff
> up to an area on the shared server disk space and pick it up with TSM from
> there.
>
> During the build of the boxes you could put schedules in place to perform
> that backup action...
>
> This way you could exclude the whole C drive pretty easy (as long as you
> put the windows backup file somewhere else)
>
> just a thought
> Dwight
>
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> Looking for best/easy practice here.  I will have 15 new Windows XP/2K
> boxes
> to backup, and the users are not computer experts.  The systems are across
> campus in various departments, so I will have very limited access if at
> all.
>
> We do not want to backup the OS, etc.. but do want to backup say the
> Desktop
> settings, 'My Documents folder', Eudora selected directories and such.  I
> am
> going to push for the clients to be on the scheduler so.. What advise can
> Windows backup experts give me for backing up just small portions of these
> machines without having to spend a lot of time at the customer site?
>
> I had one Windows box where I excluded the whole Cdrive, then included just
> the directory that they wanted to backup.  Is this the best method?  Should
> I be using a client option set and tell the users to give me the directory
> names they want backed up? (they will all be *very* similar)
>
> what is the most efficient inclexcl option for only backing up small
> portions
> of a windows C, D and E drives?  We are mainly a UNIX shop, and I can
> usually
> code inclexcl statements easily for them, but I seem to have a hard time
> with
> Microsoft clients.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice!
>
> bob