There's an rsync port for windows somewhere.  Well, not really, but it
uses the cygwin dll.

http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/help/rsync/rsync_pc1.html

It's a better option than robocopy.

There's a pretty decent tool out there called securecopy.  Pretty solid.
I can't recall if it does block or file level replication.  You can find
it here: http://www.whitehatinc.com/w2ktools/securecopy/

I've never used the replication doohickey in Windows.  I hope it's not
like the "briefcase" stuff they put in Win95, but it's probably worth a
shot...

None of these have support for open files (databases, etc.).
--paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Narkinsky, Brian [mailto:Brian.Narkinsky AT DEP.STATE.FL DOT US]
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: Replication software for WAN server backups


All Windows environment.  It doesn't look like rsync has been ported to
windows.

These are just file servers and I am not interested in real time just
synching the directories every night.

Thanks,

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Darren Dunham
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:27 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Replication software for WAN server backups

>  I am looking at Legato's Replistor but it looks a bit expensive,
> complicated and more features than we need.  I just want something
> that will basically mirror the directories every night.  Don't care
> about real time or failover stuff.
>
> Ideally what I would like is something I can tell to  mirror this
> directory and if you are not finished in 6 hours stop and pick back up
tomorrow night.
>
> Any Ideas?

Well, mirroring a live filesystem might mean different things to
different people.  For instance if you have a database on it, you might
need the remote system to be in sync at a time when the database is in a
consistency mode.

You could always use 'rsync', but you have to be careful that updates on
the source system during the rsync may or may not be reflected on the
target.

If you're certain that there are no updates to the source filesystem
during the night, then it would be fine.

--
Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
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