Re: Off-site backup

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 10/02/04 

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 14:53:40 -0400

Richard wrote:
> I have a small office network with 12 PCs interconnected
> via a hub. One PC is running Windows Server 2003
> Enterprise edition, has a RAID 1 (mirrored) drive
> configuration, and serves as the file server. I want to
> set this machine up to run a scheduled backup to a machine
> that is off-site over the internet connection. I can get
> it to perform a scheduled backup, but only to its own hard
> drives or one of the other networked PCs. Can someone help
> me set up the off-site PC (Win 2000 OS)so that it appears
> on the network places available to receive a backup?

Not a good plan for server backups. Don't know what your data footprint is,
or what your bandwidth is, but I wouldn't recommend this... What about tape?
Or one of the many online backup services? Or both?

Relevant Pages

  • RE: HTTP 404 errors
    ... NIC (network Interface Card) in our configuration. ... "Company Web Page" or to list the backup results in the "Server ... Backup program is functioninng properly, but the part that lists the results ... Server Management -Backup - Monitoring and Reporting ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Thanks to All Or How I saved my AD
    ... and do rebuild of Windows 2000 Server and Service Packs. ... Explorer 5.5, Backup Exec, Diskkeeper and McAfee. ... But Exchange was unable to Mount ... receiving complaints from all over the network about all kinds of problems. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory)
  • Thanks to All Or How I saved my AD
    ... and do rebuild of Windows 2000 Server and Service Packs. ... Explorer 5.5, Backup Exec, Diskkeeper and McAfee. ... But Exchange was unable to Mount ... receiving complaints from all over the network about all kinds of problems. ...
    (microsoft.public.exchange2000.active.directory.integration)
  • Re: DR procedure per smallbizserver.net
    ... the server logon screen has now appeared and I can ... I suspect thus that the system still thinks there is another network ... before we did we tried to do a restore from our backups ... >> because of our method of backup we were completely ill prepared for a DR ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • exam questions
    ... All network servers run windows ... choose a terminal server from a list. ... on each branch office server while you are working at the main office. ... MAil a physical copy of the backup to the branch office. ...
    (microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse)