Author: "Gretchen L. Thiele" <gretchen AT PRINCETON DOT EDU>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:32:41 -0500
I'm getting pressured (gently now, much stronger in the future) to come up with a way to back up our desktops without leaving them on overnight. I don't think 'wake up on lan' is appropriate since th
Author: Mark Stapleton <Mark.Stapleton AT CDW DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:49:08 -0600
Continuous Data Protection for TSM should be examined. Backup bandwidth can be adjusted so as not to adversely affect pipes during the production day, and particular types of files can be specified (
Hi Gretchen, We've been looking at this for some time. I've been pursuing two avenues: One (on Windows) is to use the Windows shutdown exit in combination with VB scripts to prompt the user if they w
I should think that a backup that is initiated during a Windows shutdown would be the best approach for conventional backups: backup runs to completion, at which time the computer shuts down. There a
Author: Michael Green <mishagreen AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:50:24 +0200
Hi, Would the Princeton HR people consider someone from overseas? I'm israeli with fluent english. Linux/UNIX/Storage/TSM person. -- Warm regards, Michael Green
Author: Norman Bloch <Norman_Bloch AT READERSDIGEST.TM DOT FR>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:35:59 +0100
Hi Gretchen, We run backup of about 30 laptops on our site, most of them belonging to top management/key people ; it occurrs between 12:30 am and 1:30pm, while people go for lunch ; but that's France
Author: Mahesh Tailor <MTailor AT CARILION DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:44:44 -0500
Gretchen, How about using the Tivoli Continuous Data Protection product? It's inexpensive and it backs up the system as they are updated. It can use various back-end storage servers including TSM. ht