<Ramesh Govindaraj> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have couple of windows 2003 servers running. All my team member’s
> machines (windows xp) are connected to the above servers.
>
> I want to periodically take backup of all my team member’s machines data
> (i will share a particular folder in a drive – only this folder needs to
> be backed up) onto the above servers.
>
> But the backup operation should run from server and not from client
> machines.
>
> Is there any Backup software available in market for this or is this
> achievable from Windows Backup?
>
> Your every clue would be so helpful for me.
>
> – Ramesh
news:…
> Hi,
>
> I have couple of windows 2003 servers running. All my team member’s
> machines (windows xp) are connected to the above servers.
>
> I want to periodically take backup of all my team member’s machines data
> (i will share a particular folder in a drive – only this folder needs to
> be backed up) onto the above servers.
>
> But the backup operation should run from server and not from client
> machines.
>
> Is there any Backup software available in market for this or is this
> achievable from Windows Backup?
>
> Your every clue would be so helpful for me.
>
> – Ramesh
The recommended method is to keep all user data on the server. This makes it
very easy to share data, control access and back it up. If your users’ data
is kept on individual machines then you will need to map a drive to each
machine (e.g. net use Q: \\PC1\c$), then use a product such as ntbackup.
This is messy for a number of reasons, e.g.
– The remote machine may or may not be available.
– Different people will keep data files in different locations.
– Data sharing is difficult if not impossible.
