Recommend Backup Solution

jamoor

jamoor

jamoor

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Essentially I am after a backup software for backing upto tape/hdd/usb stick.

I have read up on acronis, but it seems quite expensive, I have SBS 2003 w/SQL server.

I obviously need to backup data and the SQL server.

It looks to me like you have to buy acronis for small business and a SQL backup thingy seperate.

Anyone have any other recommendations?
 
Hmm, Installed acronis and their Normal product seems ok, their SQL server barely works, gives me a chance to test out tech support :D
 
raycarmody said:
Hi,

What I tend to do (unless the client as a desire to purchase the open file agent)

Is as the guys above say use SQL server to backup to a file ( make sure you select backup all databases, this wil take system / model and any databases you add in future)

I use SQL Agent to run this export and at the end kick off a dos script to move the backup either to a shared server that gets backed up or then allow the standard backup to take this file.

I move the file because SQL server will just keep adding to the file ( you can set to overwrite all backup sets but I have had trouble with SQL not doing this and being onsite for short periods of time the move has provided a quick fix).

Ray
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How do you get it to backup to a schedule?

Also, RE: acronis - I don't think it has a feature to backup your system state :/ active directory etc.
 
Also on SBS 2003, I remember there used to be a feature where you could roll back to an older version of a particular file, does anyone know what this is called?
 
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