Mac issues on a SBS2000 network

[double_d]

I have recently assumed the responsibilities of a
SmBusSvr2000 office. They are graphic intensive and have
6 Mac's for design purposes. They also have 17 PC's as
workstations for other daily activity. The Mac's share
files via a Mac volumne on the SmBusSvr - no issues. The
Mac volumne is for sharing of graphics production files
that all are working on - no issues here.

Owners want "all data" on "all" systems backed up nightly
to a seperate "Backup Server". Problem is - none of the
Mac's can be browsed via the Server. I seem unable to map
any Mac's Hard drive. So other than the Mac Volumne share,
I can not see anything Mac related.

How do I bring the Mac's into "My Network Places" so they
are viewable ?? How do I set up the nightly backups of
the Mac hard drives ?

I am perfectly willing to I have overlooked
something .... could someone tell me what it is ?

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[William M. Smith]

I have recently assumed the responsibilities of a
SmBusSvr2000 office. They are graphic intensive and have
6 Mac's for design purposes. They also have 17 PC's as
workstations for other daily activity. The Mac's share
files via a Mac volumne on the SmBusSvr - no issues. The
Mac volumne is for sharing of graphics production files
that all are working on - no issues here.

Owners want "all data" on "all" systems backed up nightly
to a seperate "Backup Server". Problem is - none of the
Mac's can be browsed via the Server. I seem unable to map
any Mac's Hard drive. So other than the Mac Volumne share,
I can not see anything Mac related.

How do I bring the Mac's into "My Network Places" so they
are viewable ?? How do I set up the nightly backups of
the Mac hard drives ?

I am perfectly willing to I have overlooked
something .... could someone tell me what it is ?

You'll need a third party software to accomplish this task.

The Backup utility does not offer pre/post script operations so that you can
automatically map drives, it does not offer support for Mac resource forks
(I believe) and it does not have a network client available for you to
install on your Macs.

Backup Exec and Retrospect are two that offer cross-platform support. There
are others.

On a side note, requiring that all information on all systems be backed up
is really unnecessary in a server environment so long as all files are
stored on the server. If you have good system cloning tools, you can quickly
restore a failed workstation back to normal. Individual workstations should
never take precedence over a server, which should be your primary concern.

Hope this helps! bill