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From: indra@brahms.amd.com (Indra Singhal)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: Backup Program for PCNFS
Message-ID: <1990Dec16.173109.24649@amd.com>
Date: 16 Dec 90 17:31:09 GMT
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dbraun@i50s7.ira.uka.de writes:

>I'm looking for a possibility to backup my PC disks directly to 
>the backup systems (streamer, exabyte) of our sun stations.
>We are using PCNFS 3.0.1 and network cards from 3COm and Western
>digital. Who has some experience with this problem.

>Is LifeLine, a program mentioned in the PC NFS manual a solution?
>Is there any public domain possibility.

If you really want to manage PC backups on a per file basis and not a
per disk basis as Lifeline's Backup system allows, it may be worth
looking into Legato systems' Networker product. We use the product for
our UNIX system backups and they have a PC module that is a client to
the UNIX backup server. Networker can write to a multitude of different
media. 

Personally, I have not tried the PC product but have seen it
demonstrated. For the UNIX systems, Networker is perhaps the most
versaatile and easy to use solution.

I can't find their number from where I am now. Let me know if you are
interested. They are located in Mountain View, CA.

I am just a satisfied user. No business connection.

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