Steven Palm wrote:
>   * I am also looking at BackupPC for our roving laptops, and to give  
> them a nice interface to retrieve files.  However, is there anywhere  
> documentation on how to effectively backup this "pool" via Bacula?   
> I've seen lots of references, but so far have found no examples. As  
> attractive as this is, if it turns out better to use Bacula all  
> around, I'm open to that as well.
>   
This depends on your situation, of course, but I found that very often, 
backing up workstations really isn't all that useful. Ideally, they 
don't hold any data (because the data is stored on a server), and 
backing up applications is problematic at best; they would usually need 
to be reinstalled anyway. If you have a Windows domain environment 
(regardless of whether it's on a Windows or Linux server), you can also 
store desktop settings etc. on the server.

An actual Windows server (not a Linux server, though) also has a very 
nice interface for retrieving old files.

Of course, that isn't always true; some workstations do hold important 
data that isn't replicated anywhere else. So your mileage may vary.

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