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Re: Backups across a network, debian->NT



Caracal - G. Hostettler [caracal_gh@bluewin.ch] said:
> Hi!
> 
> Give a try to Veritas BackupExec 8.5. It has a so-called "agent" for UNIXes
> and Linux as well.
> I use this in many locations from small (2 servers) to bigger (20+ servers)
> by my customers, as well as for my own LAN.
> I have even used it with a Travan IDE tape drive (HP species) and it worked
> fine, although it works at its best with DAT and DLT libraries.

I have been less than pleased with BackupExec. It has been my experience
that the unix agent doesn't do incremental or differential backups at
all -- that is, it can *only* perform full backups.

YMMV, of course.

--paulv

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