In news:6sjvf.857$,
Toolman Tim spewed forth:
> In news:LVhvf.1259$,
> Bradley Walker spewed forth:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have a client that is in a weird position. They have owned a Dell
>> PowerEdge 600SC server for about 4 years now. With the server came
>> tape backup software which is now showing it's age, although still
>> working. However last month after an upgrade to Quickbooks 2006,
>> Quickbooks requires itself to be *installed* on the server in order
>> for the datafile to be shared from there. This has created an
>> application incompatibility with the tape backup software now
>> crashing everytime it's run. This issue has been attributed directly
>> to the installation of QB2006. The issue for this business is that
>> they can NOT migrate backwards to QB05, that's basically written in
>> stone. They also don't have time to sit and troubleshoot it so they
>> have opted to buy new tape backup software.
>> My question to everyone here is, what is the best Backup software for
>> a Windows 2000 server? The tape drive is a Travan 20/40gb drive.
>> They have a backup policy of doing full backups on Friday evening
>> which leaves Monday - Thursday of doing backups of files that have
>> changed since the previous day's backup. What is the best backup
>> software to meet this need?
>> Brad
>
> Hi, Brad!
>
> I use Backup Exec (formerly from Veritas) from Symantec. It takes a
> while to get used to it, but it is quite excellent. (I use both the
> Netware and the Windows versions - two different offices.)
>
> I also have some issues with Quickbooks, although it's the 2005
> version (we haven't upgraded) and our Novell server (not Windows). It
> seems that Quickbooks network version will not allow multi-user
> access from a Netware server. (Funny thing is, when I called Intuit,
> they kept blaming my problems on Microsoft, and it wasn't even an MS
> server. Stupid script readers...)
> So what I did was to set up a shared folder on a Windows XP Pro
> workstation, and users access the data from there. Then, at about
> 10:00 at night (we have no night crew) I have a batch file copy the
> data files from the workstation to a folder on the network so I get
> daily tape backups.
> That idea might work for you, unless as you seemed to indicate, the
> 2006 version won't run in multi-user mode from a shared folder on a
> workstation. Since so many small business do not have a Windows
> server installed but rather work in "workgroups" mode, it seems
> foolish of Intuit to write software that no longer runs in a
> workgroup format.
Oh - by the way - you may need the Open Files Option (costs extra) for the
tape backup software unless it is running backups only when all users are
logged off.
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