Re: question about NTBackup

From: Alexander Suhovey (asuhovey_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/10/04

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    Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 03:47:38 +0400

    Hi Enkidu,
       Few comments:

    > Firstly, to the OP, I don't see much point in backing up System State
    > by itself. If you are going to back it up, why not back up the whole
    > lot? Maybe that is what you are doing.
    Can't say I understood this. If the task is to backup AD then you backup a
    System State which includes AD. Why (and what is) a whole lot?

    > the backup to avoid swamping the network. Two one hour backups running
    > together might take three hours if you are unlucky enough to have a
    > congested network.
    Why should a network be congested when backup takes place (probably off-peak
    period)? Even if it is not off-peak then what is this a network which can be
    congested by copying two files over it at the same time...

    I feel that your intention was to show that ntbackup is a basic backup
    solution which does not comply most of enterprise needs. First I will agree.
    But not second. NTBackup is like a screwdriver. A simple thing, yes. Yet a
    useful enough to do it's job.

    Regards,
    Al.

    "Enkidu" <enkidu@xyzcliffpxyz.com> wrote in message
    news:r1t0f0t1sc7a1ulj5bgktnbn08i1v12cef@4ax.com...
    > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:14:01 -0400, Jerold Schulman <Jerry@jsiinc.com>
    > wrote:
    >
    > >On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:57:42 -0700, "chrism" <chris@no_spam> wrote:
    > >
    > >>
    > >>Does this mean that I have to back up the System State on each domain
    > >>controller individually by using its
    > >>own individual version of NTBackup ?
    > >
    > >Yes
    > >
    > >I would back it up to a file and then backup the file with NTBackup.
    > >>
    > >>Also, by saying "NTBackup only supports *local* backups of AD", does
    this
    > >>mean that I can only back up
    > >>the system state on that domain controller to its local drive ?
    > >
    > >No. You could back it up to a local tape or to a file over the network.
    > >
    > Just a couple of comments.
    >
    > Firstly, to the OP, I don't see much point in backing up System State
    > by itself. If you are going to back it up, why not back up the whole
    > lot? Maybe that is what you are doing.
    >
    > Secondly, to the OP, backing up over the network works fine but as
    > Jerold says there is no way, using NT Backup to back up System State
    > using NTBackup over the network. Other products do do this (eg Veritas
    > BE), by running an agent on the remote machines.
    >
    > Thirdly, to the OP, consider the implication to the network of backing
    > up to a network file, or backing up to a local file and then backing
    > up the backup file over the network. That's exactly what I do for some
    > of my machines, and it works fine. However if you have to backup more
    > than a couple of machines, you will probably need to stagger schedule
    > the backup to avoid swamping the network. Two one hour backups running
    > together might take three hours if you are unlucky enough to have a
    > congested network.
    >
    > Cheers,
    >
    > Cliff

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