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Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients

From Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients
Date 2016-08-09 03:20 +0200
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Hi, Glenn.

On 08/08/16 18:34, Glenn English wrote:

>>> I'm thinking deploy a Debian backup server using Dirvish (which is based
>>> on rsync --- indeed, we have packaged it in Debian). On previous
>>> occasions I implemented these solutions seamlessly with GNU/Linux
>>> clients, but now I would like add Windows clients.
>>>
>>> The idea of using Dirvish is because I had a very good experience.
>>> Besides using rsync with hard links for backups of files that do not
>>> change from backup to the next allows a considerable saving of disk space.
>>>
>>> But to use Dirvish with Windows clients I will need to install an SSH
>>> server. I had thought that an alternative would be to use Cygwin, but
>>> was looking for documentation and I have not found any uniform process
>>> to install and configure a Cygwin SSH server on Windows.

> Have you tried Putty? I know next to nothing about Windows, but I've seen
> Putty discussed like it does SSH seriously.

I'm not sure if I understand your idea. I know that Putty is an SSH
client used mostly in Windows but there are also versions for GNU/Linux
(also in the Debian repositories).

In this case the idea is to initiate the connection from the Debian
server to the Windows server, to bring the files to the Debian server.
This connection would be via Internet, as both are not on the same local
network.

The idea would be to use an automatic process, with a secure connection
in the extent of the possibilities.

> Dirvish, I think, is a good backup package. It creates backups that can be
> handled with plain *nix software if you lose the backup software. Like
> Amanda.

I had mentioned to use Dirvish because it is what I use to doing backup
with GNU/Linux clients. In this way I would have a backup homogeneous
solution, which would facilitate the maintenance.

I will try to do some tests locally with Windows 2012 and Cygwin, using
rsync + ssh. The alternative would be to use Samba to access the Windows
filesystem as if it was local to the Debian server, then doing rsync to
the mount point. But it doesn't convince me from the point of view of
security to have with Samba access through Internet. Any comment about this?


Thanks for your interest.

Kind regards,
Daniel

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Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-02 23:20 +0200
  Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-08-03 05:30 +0200
    Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-08 20:30 +0200
      Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-08-09 05:30 +0200
        Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-10 01:30 +0200
          Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-08-10 04:00 +0200
            Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-09-09 21:00 +0200
              Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-09-09 21:50 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-09-09 23:20 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-09-11 14:30 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-09-10 00:10 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-09-11 14:10 +0200
              Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-10 05:40 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-10 06:20 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2016-09-10 07:30 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-09-10 14:50 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-09-10 16:30 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-10 16:50 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-09-10 17:00 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-10 17:40 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-10 19:40 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2016-09-11 07:50 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-10 08:20 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-09-11 04:30 +0200
            Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-09-09 21:50 +0200
              Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-10 05:50 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-09-11 04:30 +0200
                Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-11 05:10 +0200
  Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2016-08-03 10:40 +0200
    Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-10 01:40 +0200
      Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 18:50 +0200
        Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 19:00 +0200
  Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-08-08 11:10 +0200
    Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-08 22:10 +0200
      Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-08-09 05:30 +0200
        Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Mike McGinn <mikemcginn@mcginnweb.net> - 2016-08-09 15:40 +0200
    Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2016-08-08 23:40 +0200
      Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-09 03:20 +0200
  Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net> - 2016-08-10 02:20 +0200

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