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Automatic backup on network?? How to?
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:08 pm
by bigblockmatt
Hey guys,
At work, we have a novell network. we are connected to a sever that is located in another town. I had been accessing the files through the network...but the loading time was way to long. so i copied the files onto my computer and access them locally rather than through the network.
I would like to have the files back up to the server on the network every night. how do i tell it to back up to the server every night?
thank guys!
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:32 pm
by Darkstar
Well....what OS are you running on your workstation and what backup software is the server running? You can possibly sync the files with a program like viceversa or mrmirror.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:38 pm
by bigblockmatt
i am using windows XP on the workstation... not sure what type of backup software on the server is...
I can access the files through windows explorer (just like another harddrive). i jsut need to have the files copied over every night.
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:38 am
by kenc51
Have you tried windows own bacup utility? You should be able to set it up to do an incremental backup to the network drive. (ie. backup only the files that have changed)
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:05 am
by KnightRid
I have also been looking for a way to do this for free! I want to backup all my computers to 2 seperate places each night or every so may hours, etc., that way I will have a backup of the backup incase something goes wrong with a drive
I have noticed some external drives come with software to do this, but have not bought any since i have an external case already.
I have done a test of the Genie backup software and it sems to work pretty well, but I would rather just do a simple bat file to copy files rather than paying the money
Mike
Someone has to have a good solution for us pooor people - If you help Matt, you might help me too
No, no...dont run away - you can just help Matt if you want
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:17 am
by bigblockmatt
kenc51 wrote:Have you tried windows own bacup utility? You should be able to set it up to do an incremental backup to the network drive. (ie. backup only the files that have changed)
sorry, was gone for the weekend...
No i havent tried windows backup... didnt know they had one and i dont know how to use it. i will start to look. thanks.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:41 am
by bigblockmatt
cool. i think i got that to work.
one question about it. does it take the files to be backed up and put them together into one backup file or will it overwrite the files currently there in the place that it is backing up to?