Re: [cobalt-users] RE: Full Restores... they are kidding, right?

["Hisham Al Saad" <ahisham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Malcolm,

> Simply doing backups without actually doing routine trial restores from
your
> backups is asking for trouble when the time actually comes.
>
> Although its still in beta and not even announced, I use a backup client
> which is supported by a well known Mac/Windows backup solution (although
the
> Linux clients is presently only supported by the Windows version).  It
works
> fine on Qube3s and I have tried it on RaQs successfully.  In a local

What is this backup client and where to find it ?

> environment its quite appropriate to have a "Backup Server" which sucks
data
> across the network and allows network restores.  In a remote environment
> this may be a bit difficult to arrange unless the datacenter provides the
> service.
>
> With the client I use, restoring individual files is straight forward. I
> have trialed a disaster recovery by first doing an OS Restore, patches,
then
> full restore from most recent backup and it worked, but it could be
better.
>
> What I'd like is a Cobalt DR CD ... it would be like a Cobalt OS Restore
CD
> in that it allows the appliance to net boot, but instead of doing an OS
> Restore it simply loads the backup client so my "Backup Server" can do a
> full restore from backup onto a freshly partitioned disk.

Regards,
Hisham