Re: Backing up mobile users

["Bryan C. Andregg" <bandregg@redhat.com>]

On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 11:53:24AM -0400, Bennett Samowich mailed:
> Just a quick question to inquire about different ways that people have
> attacked to problem of backing up laptops.  We have tried placing an icon on
> the desktop that spawns a backup process but we couldn't get the users to
> run it reliably.  We have also tried an automated "pull" from out backup
> server, but that only works if the laptop is connected locally at the time
> of the job.  I am assuming, and we all know what that means, that this is a
> daunting task to begin with but would like to know how others have
> approached and hopefully solved this problem.

We've triggered the backup process to run on specific network interface
start-ups such as pcmcia ethernet with the right class of address.
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