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Windows Server 2008 Backup Software
I've just started playing seriously with Server 2008.
What are people using for basic backups? Windows Server Backup is useless. NTBackup doesn't fuly work on 2008.
I'm not going to buy 3rd party software - its so expensive by the time you add on all the agents for SQL/Exchange etc. Microsoft DPM is such an over kill.
What were Microsoft thinking! This is going to cause lots of small business's to stick with 2003.
What are people using for basic backups? Windows Server Backup is useless. NTBackup doesn't fuly work on 2008.
I'm not going to buy 3rd party software - its so expensive by the time you add on all the agents for SQL/Exchange etc. Microsoft DPM is such an over kill.
What were Microsoft thinking! This is going to cause lots of small business's to stick with 2003.
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tigermatt
Ha, shame WHS doesn't support Active Directory or any of the other more "advanced" Microsoft server features!
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Thanks for all the comments.
I really think MS have made a big mistake not including NTBackup style backup functionality in Server 2008. Its going to mean anyone currently using NTBackup is going to have to spend £££'s or ££££'s on backup software when they migrate to 2k8 - which along with all the other usual migration costs, is going to make a migration less appealing financially.
For all NTBackups faults, its a useful tool. As far as I can see theres now no way to bulk decrypt EFS encrypted files with the recovery cert, or pre-stage DFS replication folders etc without using 3rd party tools.
I cant imagine it would have taken much to modify NTBackup to work with 2k8.
I really think MS have made a big mistake not including NTBackup style backup functionality in Server 2008. Its going to mean anyone currently using NTBackup is going to have to spend £££'s or ££££'s on backup software when they migrate to 2k8 - which along with all the other usual migration costs, is going to make a migration less appealing financially.
For all NTBackups faults, its a useful tool. As far as I can see theres now no way to bulk decrypt EFS encrypted files with the recovery cert, or pre-stage DFS replication folders etc without using 3rd party tools.
I cant imagine it would have taken much to modify NTBackup to work with 2k8.