RE: [cobalt-users] Alternative Backup Solution - Dantz Retrospect

["Todd Kirk" <tkirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> on 16/8/02 9:04 AM, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> 
> >> Just a short note to advise that Dantz Retrospect v6.0 now 
> comes with
> >> support for MacOS X, Solaris and Linux clients.
> > 
> > Does it run on a Linux host?
> 
> Retrospect itself is a MacOS 9.x, MacOS X, and Windows 
> application.  They
> only have client software for Linux.  Further the Mac version 
> of Retrospect
> currently does not support the Linux or Solaris clients.
> 
> The current usage is to have a Windows box running Retrospect 6.0 and
> sucking data from client machines.  The Retrospect Client 
> allows this to
> happen via TCP port 497 so you don't need to login, mount 
> shares, etc, etc.
> 
> Backups can be fully automated and scheduled ... all 
> completely independent
> of the Qube.
> 
> I like it because my Qube3 clients all use MacOS or Windows 
> on the desktop
> so its easy to install and then perform backups to a variety 
> of devices ...
> Firewire external hard drives, Firewire VXA tape, internal 
> CDRW, etc, etc.
> Full backups, incremental backups, multiple media sets, etc, etc.
> 
> The other issue is restore ... it really works.
> 

Years ago I used to do technical support for Retrospect, it is great
software and they offer great support too! I have been waiting for the
Linux client to be release, finally.

Regards,

Todd Kirk