Hi,
At all my employers over the past 15 years, we had a policy in place that
basically said that whatever a user wanted backed up needed to be placed on
specific network drives (Novell, Windows, NFS, AFS, Samba, depending on
employer), and the servers where those network drives were physically
located were then backed up. The only time we'd backup a desktop machine
was when we were going to re-install the desktop (format drive, install
clean OS, apps). If you don't have a server where you can do this (and
backing up the desktop is the only way to get the data backed up), I would
create a policy that defines where users should save data on the desktop
machine, and then backup those directories. On a Windows based desktop, its
often easier to simply reinstall the OS and apps from CD and user data from
tape than it would be to install an OS and then recover everything from
tape, which is why we don't backup desktops.
Again, depending on employer, the retention period varied greatly. At one
employer, we did a monthly full save and kept them around forever (limited
only by the shelf-life of the media) and did daily incrementals, which were
overwritten each month. At my current employer, we keep data around for
about 2 months, and send a once-a-month-full offsite for legal purposes,
which is kept for 3 years.
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Craig Ruefenacht
UNIX Administrator
USANA Health Sciences
http://www.usanahealthsciences.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Shakespeare [mailto:mshakes AT LLNL DOT GOV]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 4:10 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] What do you backup on the desktop?
To All...
My new boss wants me to only backup a Data Folder or Home Directory
on Desktop Systems.
What does your company do???
I work at a research Lab, and we used to backup everything.
Also need to know how long you retain data for...off-site storage or not...
Appreciate your feedback....Thanks...
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