Dpl Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Hi all, I'm just about to purchase this backup software as i have heard its very good. I have done a small test on a test network and had no issues. I'm going for multiserver edition along with the add on value package. I want to install the control element to a box on the network running w2k and a 500GB storage configured in a mirror. I then want to have my exchange and Sql servers backup to this box. Is it then possible to copy this backup offisite to a data centre? ideally i would like to synch the first backup and then just do an incremetal offsite. Can you recommend this software? Thanks David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Yes, I can recommend it. http://208.109.74.99/smf/download/Backup/wp_retro_disk_backups.pdf (Although it says "disk-to-disk-to-tape" it's perfectly feasable to use any storage media as the last desination.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpl Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Thank you.... What i really want to do is: Install the multiserver edition to backup my servers running exchange 2003 and SQL 2005 and all user data. I will be buying the value add on pack. I plan to install a raid controller and some disks to a windows 2k server and pull all the backups to this location (using retrospect). Once the backups have completed, i would like to take this backup to an offsite location. Is there a way therafter to synch all new data with this offiste backup? Thanks David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I would recommend at least two (but three is better) independent backup sets and rotate them (say) each week. If there is a power failure while writing to the only backup you got, you may be in trouble. Week 1, set A Week 2, set B Week 3, set C Week 4, set A Week 5, set B Week 6, set C Week 7, set A... Take the recent backup set off site and bring back the oldest. You can then "recycle" the oldest as part of the weekly transfer to that backup set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpl Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Thanks for you plan.... What i should have made clear is the final step. Can i synch this over the Internet? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Quote: What i should have made clear is the final step. Can i synch this over the Internet? You have to select one of two options for that: 1) You can physically carry the media on/off site. 2) You can set up an ftp-server at the remote site and use an "ftp" backup set. I don't think you can combine the two. In case you didn't know: You can try out Retrospect for free for 30 days: http://www.emcinsignia.com/en/try/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilbus Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Restospect is not the best choice for backing up exchange and sql. I would look at a real backup tool like backupexec or arcserve. I only use RS to backup my laptops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Quote: Restospect is not the best choice for backing up exchange and sql. Why? You need the add-ons of course. Have you only tried without? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.