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Automatically Connecting a VPN before a backup
Hi,
I want to make a vpn command so I can log into my Window Server 2003 via windows vpn and do a backup. The way i was thinking was scheduling a task to run open the vpn and then another scheduled task on the server to run the backup to the remote hard drive.
What is the command to make a vpn?
Andrew
I want to make a vpn command so I can log into my Window Server 2003 via windows vpn and do a backup. The way i was thinking was scheduling a task to run open the vpn and then another scheduled task on the server to run the backup to the remote hard drive.
What is the command to make a vpn?
Andrew
Are you using PPTP or L2TP for this to log into the 2003 Server?
See this page for ideas on automation of a connection
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/c3f953ab-2af4-4811-9c70-9a67e5237e121033.mspx?mfr=true
Once connected probably using something like rysnc would be better to back the data from the PC to the Server and then pick it off the server with tape or whatever.
This way if the connection gets interupted the backup session will not be ruined and the next time it reconnects it can pick up from where it left off.. and the other nice thing would be with rsync if only a small amount of data changes then only those changes would get submitted.
See this page for ideas on automation of a connection
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/c3f953ab-2af4-4811-9c70-9a67e5237e121033.mspx?mfr=true
Once connected probably using something like rysnc would be better to back the data from the PC to the Server and then pick it off the server with tape or whatever.
This way if the connection gets interupted the backup session will not be ruined and the next time it reconnects it can pick up from where it left off.. and the other nice thing would be with rsync if only a small amount of data changes then only those changes would get submitted.
Great link prueconsulting, those tools, autodial and rasdial, could be very useful. However, to me it implies they are just for dial up connections. Am I reading it wrong and have you used them?
--Rob
--Rob
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Very slick prueconsulting ! Tried it out, that in conjunction with scheduled event should work great for Andrew.
--Rob
--Rob
Glad ya like.
You could set up a hardware to hardware (site to site) VPN tunnel for about $500 US in total for equipment (using Linksys RV042 routers). This would allow you to do the back up as well as have many other useful features including; improved security, better performance, and all devices at both sites readily available to all users (or filtered).