Thanks. I found on Symantecs website the download for the Remote backup piece of Veritas for Linux. Veritas gives a very easy to follow instructions on how to install it. I probably just have to create the username Veritas uses to backup with on the Linux box. Theory of operation says that should work. I bought Red Hat Enterprise 4 for Dummies and it finally came in so when I get chances I been reading it. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of King, John (Greg) (LMIT-HOU) Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:34 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: Backing up CentOS I saw these links at RedHat about active directory and such while looking for recompiling kernel questions http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_71_2337.shtm http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_71_2336.shtm It might point you to more specific articles that will help. > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Peikert > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 10:24 AM > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: RE: Backing up CentOS > > Thanks guys I will look into using Veritas as soon as I > figure out how to > get Windows and Linux to talk. > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Barry Brimer > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:42 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: Backing up CentOS > > > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Chris Peikert wrote: > > > Well the idea is if I can get my CentOS box to communicate > with my Windows > > 2003 network I was going to do a backup and put the backup file on a > windows > > box where I would have Backup Exec put it on Tape. One step > at a time > > though. I haven't tackled trying to get the CentOS and > Windows to talk > yet. > > I have lots of reading to do on that subject yet. Thanks > for the list of > > backup software. > > I have not looked into this for a few years, but at the time, Veritas > provided a free license for you to download/use a copy of their Unix > backup agent to run on Linux. Go to their support site. If > you can find > a Linux agent, go ahead and use that. If not, I believe I used their > generic Unix agent. This will allow you to backup your Linux > server to a > Backup Exec server directly. > > Barry > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos