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Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 13:06:23
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista
From: Cody Dunne <cdunne AT cs.umd DOT edu>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:00:04 -0400
You're very welcome, and I hope it works for you. Let me know if you 
have any suggestions for additions or find any problems with it.

Cody

obj AT jltechinc DOT com wrote:
> Cody,
> 
> Thanks for such an inclusive document!
> 
> Many times we as administrators have very limited time to scour all the 
> links related to the many parts of everything we need to manage our 
> customers. I guess I must have look at every link I could find trying to 
> find a working solution that encapsulated Ubuntu, XP, rsync and LVM.
> 
> I wish there was one place we could find actual real-world working 
> examples like this one, but unfortunately once many administrators get 
> theirs working, they rarely peruse the discussion groups anymore to give 
> back.
> 
> Excellent article.
> 
> -obj
> 
> 
> Cody Dunne said the following on 04/01/2009 12:12 PM:
>> Hi Mauro,
>>
>> Mauro Condarelli wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi,
>>> I managed to have my backups working for my Linux machines.
>>> Now I need to add a Win Vista machine as client.
>>> I browsed the wiki, but I didn't find anything specific and the 
>>> guidelines for XP seem very old.
>>> What is the "approved" method to backup a current (Vista Home SP1) machine?
>>> I have one share plus the User settings to backup.
>>>
>>> Any pointers welcome.
>>>     
>> Rsyncd seems to work best, with a preconfigured ssh tunnel if you want 
>> encryption. All my experience with Vista & BackupPC is documented here: 
>> http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html
>>
>> Cody

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