yes, there is a utility to do it. I can't remember the name of it but google
will answer you.
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Hendrik Friedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> By the way:
> Is there a way to create a hard-link on a (Unix or Win (NTFS)) Server from
> Windows over Samba?
>
> Greetings,
> Hendrik
>
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Im Auftrag von *dan
> *Gesendet:* Samstag, 31. Mai 2008 17:54
> *An:* [email protected]
> *Betreff:* Re: [BackupPC-users] Store backupdata on other server
>
> If you run a recent version of samba, it supports hardlinks. Windows XP
> and higher support hardlinks with their version of NTFS and this does work
> quite well over samba.
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Tino Schwarze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:58:14PM +0200, Daniel Dietz wrote:
>> > Hi I'm planning to install BackupPC but I couldn't figure out if it is
>> > possible to store the backup files on another Server. Because our main
>> File
>> > Server we use for backup is a Windows 2003 R2 Server. So my Question is
>> it
>> > possible to store all the backup files on this server and NOT locally on
>> the
>> > BackupPC-Server?
>>
>> BackupPC doesn't care where the data is stored. It only needs a
>> filesystem which is available locally _and supports hardlinks_.
>>
>> So, if you manage to somehow mount your Windows' NTFS to your BackupPC
>> server, it should work since NTFS supports hardlinks. I'd test that
>> rather intensive, though.
>>
>> Tino.
>>
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