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From: bv@wjv.comREMOVE (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: How can i see whats on a backup tape?
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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:57:42 GMT

In article <I87B9.13078$TK2.1215398@juliett.dax.net>,
Ulven <freddy@ulven.com> wrote:

>On Windows NT/2000 servers, we ONLY use like BackupExec from
>Veritas, or ArcServe to backup our data. And we have procedures
>to check the tapes several times a week to verify that backup
>is OK for our customers. But we do not know enough about unix
>server to do the same, but we should be able to do it, therefore
>i have to learn how to take backup, restore data, verify that
>backup is OK etc.

You don't have to know about Unix to use BackupEdge or LoneTar.
The packages also will perform checks right after backup so you
know that they are correct.  I get email nightly from a couple of
machines that tell me if the backup is OK or not.  No special
procedures are needed.

I've seen the BackupExec running on an NT next to an SCO
with BackupEdge and the performance difference alone is amazing.
At that time the client said they wished they had something
like BE for NT.  LoneTar is the same.

I actually have both running at different places because one
support HW platforms the other doesn't  So don't let it worry you
that BackupExec doesn't suport Unix. In fact - be glad, be very
very glad.


-- 
Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
 

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