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==LOCAL Windows Computers==

 

===LOCAL Windows Computers===

You can backup Windows workstations or servers that are on your affa server's local network using affa's 'Automount' functionality to mount a share from your windows box, then back it up from the mount point into affa's managed backup store.

You can backup Windows workstations or servers that are on your affa server's local network using affa's 'Automount' functionality to mount a share from your windows box, then back it up from the mount point into affa's managed backup store.

====Set the following affa options for 'jobname':====

===Set the following affa options for 'jobname':===

  db affa set jobname job

  db affa set jobname job

  db affa setprop jobname AutomountDevice '//192.168.x.y/c$'

  db affa setprop jobname AutomountDevice '//192.168.x.y/c$'

* ''status enabled'':  

* ''status enabled'':  

====Create your mount.cifs credentials file====

===Create your mount.cifs credentials file===

'.pwdfile.jobname' is a text file containing two lines, one saying "username=xxx" and the other saying "password=yyy", where xxx and yyy are the user account and password required to login to the windows system.  There '''must''' be a newline at the end of windowspwd or mount.cifs generates an error.  Create the file using:

'.pwdfile.jobname' is a text file containing two lines, one saying "username=xxx" and the other saying "password=yyy", where xxx and yyy are the user account and password required to login to the windows system.  There '''must''' be a newline at the end of windowspwd or mount.cifs generates an error.  Create the file using:

  mcedit /root/.pwdfile.jobname

  mcedit /root/.pwdfile.jobname

  chmod 600 /root/.pwdfile.jobname

  chmod 600 /root/.pwdfile.jobname

====Create your mount and test your affa mount instructions====

===Create your mount and test your affa mount instructions===

  mkdir /mnt/jobname

  mkdir /mnt/jobname

  mount `db affa getprop jobname AutomountOptions` \

  mount `db affa getprop jobname AutomountOptions` \

====5. Test your backup job====

===5. Test your backup job===

  affa --run jobname

  affa --run jobname

===Remote Windows Computers===

==Remote Windows Computers==

====Using Cygwin====

===Using Cygwin===

There is a problem with ssh-invoked rsync under cygwin that causes timeouts.  This issue is not well documented on the cygwin forums.

There is a problem with ssh-invoked rsync under cygwin that causes timeouts.  This issue is not well documented on the cygwin forums.

====Using a remote SME====

===Using a remote SME===

If you have a SME server at your remote location you can install affa on that server, use it to backup the Windows workstations at that office, then use affa to pull those backups back to your main affa server.

If you have a SME server at your remote location you can install affa on that server, use it to backup the Windows workstations at that office, then use affa to pull those backups back to your main affa server.

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===Using VMWare===

====Using VMWare====

I have successfully configured Ubuntu 6.10 under VMWare to backup remote Windows computers.

I have successfully configured Ubuntu 6.10 under VMWare to backup remote Windows computers.

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