Windows 2003 storage srver questions

[Jon Rowlan]

I have a w2k3 SBS server.

I have a CAD department and they store their files on a Snap! server.

I want to move them to a storage server which will also act as a secondary
backup to the main server.

I am having difficulty trying to work out how to set this up so that it can
be backed up.

My supplier says that windows 2003 Storage server comes preconfigured and
preinstalled.

That tends to suggest that I cannot get to add/remove programs to add my
Backup exec agent for example.

The main problem that my Cad people have with the snap! server is that it
does not have an operating system so bexec always falls back to using native
file access and is slow.

Symantec site says nothing about whether I can install on a NAS server ...
it speaks volumes about using the NAS device for backing up -to- but not
about itself being backed up.

Am I missing something here? I have spent the last couple of hours trawling
for some sort of idea on how I can intergrate my NAS server with my SBS
domain and use it in the way that I want to.

Can anyone point me in the right direction please? I am more than happy to
google but I must just not be using the right search words.

many thanks all,

jON

 

[SBS Rocker]

Why not just go with W2K3 R2 server?

"Jon Rowlan" <jon.rowlan@sads.com> wrote in message
news:Oqi%23BuMvHHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I have a w2k3 SBS server.
>
> I have a CAD department and they store their files on a Snap! server.
>
> I want to move them to a storage server which will also act as a secondary
> backup to the main server.
>
> I am having difficulty trying to work out how to set this up so that it
> can be backed up.
>
> My supplier says that windows 2003 Storage server comes preconfigured and
> preinstalled.
>
> That tends to suggest that I cannot get to add/remove programs to add my
> Backup exec agent for example.
>
> The main problem that my Cad people have with the snap! server is that it
> does not have an operating system so bexec always falls back to using
> native file access and is slow.
>
> Symantec site says nothing about whether I can install on a NAS server ...
> it speaks volumes about using the NAS device for backing up -to- but not
> about itself being backed up.
>
> Am I missing something here? I have spent the last couple of hours
> trawling for some sort of idea on how I can intergrate my NAS server with
> my SBS domain and use it in the way that I want to.
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction please? I am more than happy to
> google but I must just not be using the right search words.
>
> many thanks all,
>
> jON
>
>

 

[Jon Rowlan]

Essentially, we are already sold on the idea of a NAS server, we are
replacing the existing Snap! NAS with a better model.

And I have a number of areas where NAS is a better option.

And its something that I want to try out and is geared towards this sort of
functionality.

jON

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message
news:upV47pNvHHA.3444@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Why not just go with W2K3 R2 server?
>
> "Jon Rowlan" <jon.rowlan@sads.com> wrote in message
> news:Oqi%23BuMvHHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I have a w2k3 SBS server.
>>
>> I have a CAD department and they store their files on a Snap! server.
>>
>> I want to move them to a storage server which will also act as a
>> secondary backup to the main server.
>>
>> I am having difficulty trying to work out how to set this up so that it
>> can be backed up.
>>
>> My supplier says that windows 2003 Storage server comes preconfigured and
>> preinstalled.
>>
>> That tends to suggest that I cannot get to add/remove programs to add my
>> Backup exec agent for example.
>>
>> The main problem that my Cad people have with the snap! server is that it
>> does not have an operating system so bexec always falls back to using
>> native file access and is slow.
>>
>> Symantec site says nothing about whether I can install on a NAS server
>> ... it speaks volumes about using the NAS device for backing up -to- but
>> not about itself being backed up.
>>
>> Am I missing something here? I have spent the last couple of hours
>> trawling for some sort of idea on how I can intergrate my NAS server with
>> my SBS domain and use it in the way that I want to.
>>
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction please? I am more than happy
>> to google but I must just not be using the right search words.
>>
>> many thanks all,
>>
>> jON
>>
>>
>
>