[Samba] Samba and BackupExec

[Stephen Carville]

On Wednesday February 19 2003 12:12 pm, Chris McKeever wrote:
> I needed to install thier UNIX agent to even start to backup to/from the
> linux box..but it looks like you have two machines that are working well,
> are they WIN2K machines or linux machines?

Both of the working ones are W2K machines.  I didn't know anything about 
needing the client to write backups _to_ a drive. I guess I'll have to RT the 
FM some more.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Carville [mailto:stephen at totalflood.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:04 PM
> To: Samba List
> Cc: Chris McKeever
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and BackupExec
>
> On Wednesday February 19 2003 11:51 am, Chris McKeever wrote:
> > What OS..I had a similar issue with SuSe, and since they dont supprot it
> > I need to change to REDHAT.
>
> Oops sorry,  I am using Redhat 7.2 with the stock 2.4.7-10 kernel.  BE is
> version 8.6 rev 3808 running on a W2K server.
>
> > You are using thier backup agent?
>
> Only from the Exchange server to the backup server.  From there I define a
> folder on the Linux box as a device and tell BE to  write the backup data
> to
>
> the share.  I do not use BE to backup any of the UNIX boxes -- I don't know
> If I'd live long enough for it to complete :-)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Carville [mailto:stephen at totalflood.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:46 PM
> > To: Samba List
> > Subject: [Samba] Samba and BackupExec
> >
> >
> > I am using Veritas BackupExec to backup Exchange to a RAID -5 set on a
> > samba
> >
> > server.  These backups always fail on verify with. "An inconsistency was
> > encountered on the storage media".  The information store backup goes so
> > far
> >
> > as to mark the folder offline.  Two other machines back up to the folder
> > with
> > no problems.
> >
> > Veritas is claiming that samba is at fault and has to be upgraded,
> > However,
> >
> > considering they told me this without even asking what version I am
> > using, I
> >
> > figure they are just pointing fingers and I wasted the price of the
>
> support
>
> > call.  So, is anyone aware of problems backing up and exchange server to
> > a samba share that would not affect other NT backups.
> >
> > I am using samba 2.2.1a

-- 
Stephen Carville
UNIX and Network Administrator
DPSI (formerly Ace USA Flood Services)
310-342-3602
stephen at totalflood.com