Laptop Backup

Submitted by jkupka on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 10:46am.

Hello All,

 

I was looking for some information on what others are using
for laptop backup practices. Currently we have been using NTBackup and
scheduling a task for when laptops are in the building to backup data and
occasionally a full system backup. With the onset of Windows Vista and it’s
new backup it appears time to change courses to something that still allows the
picking and choosing of what to backup. As a side note we are backing up the
files to a network share when the laptop is in the office.

 

Any comments on what is good, bad experiences or just any
info is appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Jeremy.

 

 

 

Jeremiah
Kupka

University of
Iowa - College of Law

IT Department

 

href="mailto:jeremiah-kupka@uiowa.edu">jeremiah-kupka@uiowa.edu

 

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RE: Laptop Backup
Submitted by jkupka on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 2:26pm.

Thanks Cyndi,

 

Yes our laptops are on the
domain and there is network space provided but our laptop users spend a good
amount of time out of the office so they have adapted to not using the network
space as much as they could. We don’t do any file/folder redirection as there
is no good way to know where users will save files consistently.

 

Thanks,

Jeremy.

 

From:
teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu [mailto:teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu]
On Behalf Of Johnson, Cyndi
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:44 PM
To: Teknoids
Subject: RE: [teknoids] Laptop Backup

 

Jeremy,

More questions than answers here…

Do you put your laptops in your domain (if you’re running
something like AD, which I assume you are)?

Do you redirect the My Documents to a network share?

At this point, we have our laptops in the domain and encourage
everyone to use their file share in the building, but when they are off campus,
they are responsible for backing up their own data. Not the best tactic, I’m
sure.

Thanks

Cyndi

 

Cyndi Johnson
Assistant Dean for Information Technology
UNM School of Law
(505) 277-0695

From:
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[mailto:teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Kupka,
Jeremiah
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:43 AM
To: Teknoids
Subject: [teknoids] Laptop Backup

 

Hello All,

 

I was looking for some information on what others are using
for laptop backup practices. Currently we have been using NTBackup and
scheduling a task for when laptops are in the building to backup data and
occasionally a full system backup. With the onset of Windows Vista and it’s new
backup it appears time to change courses to something that still allows the
picking and choosing of what to backup. As a side note we are backing up the
files to a network share when the laptop is in the office.

 

Any comments on what is good, bad experiences or just any
info is appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Jeremy.

 

 

 

Jeremiah
Kupka

University of
Iowa - College of Law

IT Department

 

href="mailto:jeremiah-kupka@uiowa.edu">jeremiah-kupka@uiowa.edu

 

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