Best Backup Server Strategies for Network Workstation Backup

Server Backup Strategy is commonly recognized as one of the top importance data protection issues to be managed by a company exploiting an IT infrastructure. To accomplish the mission, professional software strongly oriented toward specific aspects of server backup is highly recommended.

Handy Backup is exactly a software solution of the kind, as it is designed specifically for corporate data backup. It is oriented toward small- and middle-sized organizations that require an all-included network backup solution. It fully automates all processes concerning workstation backup and recovery, and provides means for effective and reliable server backup strategy to manage the protection of all corporate data.

Backup Network Architecture for the Server Backup Strategy

To configure LAN backup with Handy Backup Server, the system administrator has to define a Backup Server which will be used to manage network backup tasks and store data on backup storage media, and at least one Backup Network Workstation remote computer containing data that will be backed up.

• Backup Server is installed on the administrator’s machine. It is a server application that allows creating backup, synchronization and restoration tasks for remote computers. In addition to network backup, it allows you to back up MS Exchange Server, various databases (ODBC, MSSQL, Oracle, etc.), and Lotus Notes data stored on the server itself.
• Backup Network Workstation is client workstation backup software installed on users’ machines whose data needs to be backed up. Running as Windows service, it doesn’t have graphical interface and grants Handy Backup Server access to the computer data. Over certain periods of time Backup Network Workstations communicate with Handy Backup Server and confirm that they are accessible for backup.

Note: The administrator’s computer must have access to all network computers that you need to back up.

The first thing to manage an optimal server backup plan for an enterprise is to configure the network backup. Let’s see how it’s done.

What is Network Backup

Network backup supposes that workstation backup can be administered from a central server over a network. Network backup tasks are created by the networks system administrator, while workstation users may stay totally unaware that their data is being backed up. Workstation backup software manages the backup in the background as Windows service, so the backup is absolutely unnoticeable and doesn’t interfere with the user’s work.

Server Backup Plan: How Network Backup Works

Here is a sample server backup plan in steps:

• Backup Network Workstations periodically contact Handy Backup Server, so it always has a list of computers available for backup over network.
• Backup administrator creates a backup task on Handy Backup Server and adds the needed Backup Network Workstations to the backup set.
• Handy Backup Server requests a list of data stored on the selected workstations. The administrator may choose to back up any particular files and folders or create a workstation backup image. Besides this, there are advanced backup plug-ins that help saving, say, MS Exchange and Lotus Notes data stored on the network computer.
• Having finished with data selection, the administrator schedules the backup task and specifies different backup options.

The administrator can create an exclusive backup task for each remote workstation or a single task for all workstations in the network. In addition to network backup, there is also the functionality to back up ODBC compatible databases, MS Exchange Server data, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2 and Lotus Notes databases, and create disk image of the corporate server. Read more about small business server backup...

Network Server standard package includes 5 licenses of Backup Network Workstations. Regarding the particular server backup strategy, the system can be easily extended to any number of workplaces: you may purchase any amount of additional agents whenever your corporate network backup needs increase. For details on ordering, please refer to the Order section.

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