[Veritas-bu] Mobile or Laptop backup

        Hello EveryOne...

        I have a few questions on how is NBU Pro and NBU Datacenter works
        together?
        NBU Pro backups all the laptop data to a disk server and then
        NBU Datacenter backups that "disk server". 
        Now since they both have its own catalog, would the retore be 
        "difficult"?

        I have to use NBP Pro init the restore, finds out what disk image
        he wants, then restore it using NBU DataCenter? Then I use NBU Pro
        to actually restore the files?

        Thank you very much for your help



                                Mike


On Tue, 28 May 2002, Dave High wrote:

> Hi Phil, 
>  
> NBU Pro is a fantastic product. The first release a couple of years ago had
> some problems, but the newest GA release is pretty solid. 
>  
> Now, as to the 56k issue.... What you will NEED to do is have them do their
> first sync in an office with a LAN connection, or a Cablemodem or something.
> Due to the "sharing" nature of NBU Pro it will still not back up the entire
> system, only their "unique" items - for example, if everyone uses Microsoft
> Office, only one instance of things like word.exe, excel.exe etc will be
> saved for the entire group. The first sync from each system is going to be
> fairly small, but at 56k it could take a while. Once the initial sync is
> done, the subsequent sync's are small since very few files change all that
> much. 
>  
> Anyway, I have seen this work in a production shop and the 56k syncs we not
> any more trouble than a LAN sync. 
>  
> Hope this helps. 
>  
> d. 
>  
> _____ 
> dave high
> VERITAS Enterprise Consulting
> Bay Area Region
> 702-683-7733
>  
> "Unix IS user friendly, it is just VERY picky who it chooses as friends" 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: phil AT karyfi DOT com [mailto:phil AT karyfi DOT com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:17 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Mobile or Laptop backup
>  
> I am reviewing how to support our field staff for backup and DR protection
> of their Laptop PCs.
>  
> Is anyone doing this currently,  What are your experiences.
>  
> How is bandwidth affected, what impact does it have on my backup server. 
>  
> How much data can I really expect to backup using slow (56K) lines?
>  
> Any help is greatly appreciated - I think this will be a nightmare!
>  
> Regards
> Phil  
>