From: "Robert Comer" 

>Using shares is too cumbersome in this scenario.

Not to mention you don't really back up everything that way.

- Bob Comer


"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:6a1d7vg3kd2sqofvdmghnvde15s13fbkkh{at}4ax.com...
>
> On internal networks, the "agent" method is nice because you create a
> backup account and give the appropriate access permissions to that backup
> account on each PC.   Using shares is too cumbersome in this scenario.
>
>  /m
>
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:25:01 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
> >> Backup software that uses an 'agent' is evil stuff, just another port
> >opened
> >> that you need to worry about (internal networks are not such a problem
but
> >> external...)
> >
> >I *like* it that way on internal networks...
> >
> >- Bob Comer
> >
> >
> >"Geo."  wrote in message
news:3e765c3f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> Backup software that uses an 'agent' is evil stuff, just another port
> >opened
> >> that you need to worry about (internal networks are not such a problem
but
> >> external...)
> >>
> >> Geo.
> >>
> >> "Ellen K"  wrote in message
> >> news:409022.71759a{at}harborwebs.com...
> >> > ServerGuy upgraded our Veritas over the weekend from 8.6
to 9.0.  He
> >told
> >> me
> >> > that he had to manually upgrade NT Agent on each Windows
server, the
> >> automatic
> >> > one doesn't work.  Also the upgrade on the server erased his job
> >schedules
> >> and
> >> > he had to recreate them.
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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