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Mike Hagstrom
Asked: 2012-02-15 20:18:25 +0800 CST

Backup Laptops/Desktops To Server Fast/Simply

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Is there anyway to backup various laptops/desktops connected through my network to my server.

I can put any kind of operating system on this server. I was thinking maybe there is some type of clonezilla that will work for this task. So yes I do want images of the machines.

I'm guessing it would have to have DHCP, PXE capabilities, etc...

Any suggestions?

Pretty much I just want to stop using my external drive and have to do machines one at a time to back them up and instead back up several all at once.

backup laptop desktop images

3 Answers

  1. Check out BackupPC. It can pull the backups on many protocols like rsync, SMB, nfs, ... It has a good web interface. It's easy to manage.

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  2. Or UrBackup. It can do image backups of Windows clients. You can do that while they are running so you do not need an PXE environment.

    You did not say which operating systems your clients have?

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  3. Take a look at Crashplan... you can designate one device in your network as a target for the backups from other machines. With user level restore capability. Then backup the datastores.

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