PDA

View Full Version : Looking for backup software.

RoundEye
03-16-05, 10:13 PM
I have Veritas 9.1 on my server, and it's really more then I need. I'm just looking for a basic backup software, with compression to run a manual backup now and then. I'm using a Seagate drive with TR-5 tapes.

Any ideas?
:2cool:
YeOldeStonecat
03-17-05, 04:39 AM
The backup utility built right into windows? (That Veritas made)

Stomp Software makes my favorite desktop backup software, Backup My PC. www.stompsoft.com but footnotes on their website about it say "Not intended for use on NT Server". Are they referring to old NT 4? Or 2000 (NT 5) or 2003 (NT 6). Might be worth shooting an e-mail question.

Stompsoft bought the rights from Veritas for their Desktop version of Backup Exec a few years ago, so that's what this product is.
TonyT
03-17-05, 05:46 AM
I have Veritas 9.1 on my server, and it's really more then I need. I'm just looking for a basic backup software, with compression to run a manual backup now and then. I'm using a Seagate drive with TR-5 tapes.

Any ideas?
:2cool:
what os?
_uNDeRsCoRE
03-17-05, 09:28 AM
I have Veritas 9.1 on my server, and it's really more then I need. I'm just looking for a basic backup software, with compression to run a manual backup now and then. I'm using a Seagate drive with TR-5 tapes.

Any ideas?
:2cool:

try cobian, its free :thumb:

http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cbu6.htm
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/cobbackup.html
RoundEye
03-18-05, 07:23 PM
......The backup utility built right into windows? (That Veritas made).........

I tried that, and it doesn't seem to want to compress the files. Maybe I have to check out all the options again.
RoundEye
03-18-05, 07:24 PM
what os?
Windows Server 2003 Standard.
RoundEye
03-18-05, 07:25 PM
try cobian, its free :thumb:

http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cbu6.htm
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/cobbackup.html
Thanks, I'll look into it.
Norm
03-19-05, 11:20 AM
Does your server have NTBackup installed?

If not you can probably get it off the install CD

It's great for scheduled backup jobs, and has the systemstate backup option as well. Plus, it has commandline support to automate using a batch file.
YeOldeStonecat
03-20-05, 06:46 AM
I tried that, and it doesn't seem to want to compress the files. Maybe I have to check out all the options again.

If your tape drive supports hardware compression (which most do) it'll turn that on.