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Re: [BackupPC-users] vista laptops info

2009-02-01 06:19:05
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] vista laptops info
From: Adam Goryachev <mailinglists AT websitemanagers.com DOT au>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:17:12 +1100
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Terry wrote:
> Hi every one. I have a small work group of vista laptops who come into 
> the office and connect using wireless and dhcp.
> I am looking to backup there my documents and there pst file which tend 
> to be a round 2 to 3 GB.
> The one big snag is there pst files are mostly going to be open and even 
> when they close out look the outlook process may still be running due to 
> add ons they have such as act etc.
> Any pointers or experiences welcome. Or am I going to be banging my head 
> against a brick wall.

You have lots of options:
1) setup some login script which will copy the pst file to some other
location, and then backup the "other" location.
2) use volume shadow copy so that you can copy it even when it is open.

> The plus point is I have a freebsd server to use. I am in the middle of 
> setting up backuppc at home now for some testing


Good, that will help you get some practice :)

Regards,
Adam


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