On 05/ 5/10 09:32 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On 05/05/10 14:38, Henrik Johansen wrote:
>> On 05/ 5/10 08:11 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
>>> Hi folks
>>>
>>> I've recently been saddled with a win2k8 server, and am trying to figure
>>> out how to make it play with my backup infrastructure.
>>>
>>> Currently I've got it doing scheduled backups via Windows Server Backup
>>> to an iSCSI volume exported by my backup server. In case the setup is of
>>> interest to anyone it's written up here:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://soapyfrogs.blogspot.com/2010/05/using-iet-iscsi-enterprise-target-for.html
>>>
>>> However ... I'd really like a way to integrate this into Bacula, though,
>>> at least in terms of monitoring and alerts. I'm backing up user-visible
>>> shares on the server with Bacula separately to the Windows image
>>> backups, but would prefer to avoid the duplication. As there must be
>>> people with 2k8 servers here, I thought I'd check in and see how others
>>> are doing it.
>>
>> We are currently backing up 50+ w2k8 servers with Bacula - so far
>> without any major pain.
>>
>> What exactly is your problem ?
>
> Are your backups suitable for restoring a bootable machine after total
> loss/destruction, though?

Yes - we can do bare metal restore to either similar hardware or to a 
virtual machine.

> If so, how are you doing that with Bacula? Are you integrating Windows
> System Imaging, or doing a filesytem level copy and a semi-manual
> restore (make ntfs, fix mbr, etc) ?

The latter.

>


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Med venlig hilsen / Best Regards

Henrik Johansen
henrik AT scannet DOT dk
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ScanNet Group
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