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[cobalt-users] Latest patch

Anyone now of any reason not to install the latest patch (Security Hardening
Update 2.0.1) that was posted August 5th. Any bad experiences anyone.

Fernando
http://www.tekdesign.net




-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Todd Kirk
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:54 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Alternative Backup Solution - Dantz
Retrospect


> 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

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