bucksarge wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply.
In a small (25 people) business environment, how does one back up a file server nightly without being logged on? Previously it was being backed up via Windows 7 task scheduler using Xcopy (primitive, I agree, but effective). Task Scheduler allows the task to be run if the machine was on but logged off.
Regards,
Bucksarge
Hi,
Ghost is not designed to work that way. What you need is Symantec Safe and Restore which is the commercial product. It can be installed and set to poll each machine, with the user logged out, and backup the files specified. For more information on that product please visit the Norton commercial site here: http://www.symantec.com/connect/ Even if you don't select SSR you need a server based program which can accomplish your task AND keep records when it fails or there are other problems with any part of the network.
It might be possible for you to purchase a copy of Ghost for each machine and time the backups so that there is no conflict. Your users would have to do a CTRL-ALT-DELETE to lock their workstations when they leave for this hack to work. I cannot recommend it on several levels not the least of which is the number of possible places for failures and crashes.
Please stay in touch. We can help with the consumer side of things. Til then
Stay well and surf safe
Dick
Win7x64 SP1 current NIS V20
