[Macpartners] Backup for lab machines

[Albert Willis]

On May 2, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Ben Kennedy wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is there a good tool for backups for a bunch of machines (both  
> laptops and desktops)?  I've been using Retrospect, but I'm looking  
> for something that is driven from the clients, rather than rely on  
> the server to call up the clients to tell them to backup.
>
> I also want something that maintains previous states, like  
> rsnapshot.  Speaking of rsnapshot, I could write a custom script,  
> but rsnapshot doesn't have the ability to write to a remote  
> destination.  I think I could work around that, but it would be  
> nice if there was something already available.
>
> Has any one else had trouble with rsync (which is used by  
> rsnapshot) running on OS X?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben K

Retrospect does the things you're asking about, particularly keeping  
versions of files that have changed over time. Even now, Retrospect  
is considered to be the gold standard for Mac backup.

   -- Al


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Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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