Hi fellas. I need some advice.

I'm running a Zentyal 4.1 server (built on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS). The backup I've been using is Deja Dup, but I'm done with it. I need professional backup software that can simply be launched and allow someone with very little computer-savvy to browse their backups and restore either individual files or folders. Good GUI is a must. This client wants to restore accidentally deleted files/folders on her own without calling me in.

I'm totally willing to go commercial.

I dumped Windows Server 2012 for this distro because we needed stability and a particular software native to linux was crucial (and the Windows implementation was poor). The built-in backup and restore in Windows Server 2012 was (1)mature, (2)easy to use, (3)dependable and (4)supported bare metal restore through individual file restoration... and made it easy.

What's the best stuff out there in the Linux world?

Hi:

I'm not sure if commerical is the way to go as it may depend on what your enterprise needs are.
Choosing the one that best meets your businesses' should be carefully considered.

I'm not sure so.......
-::-I'd wait for members that are in the enterprise to chime in and see what they recommend.-::-

There is 'rsync' which is a protocol built for Unix-like systems that provides unbelievable versatility for backing up and synchronizing data.
http://www.howtogeek.com/135533/how-...data-on-linux/
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/09/...mand-examples/

In the meantime......
Here are a few Commercial links.

http://blog.bacula.org/
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/Lin...lications.html
http://mozy.com/product/solutions/server-backup

Amanda, is another is another good client server tool.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source...ndows-systems/

http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Backup/

Thank you, Ztcoracat.

I will look into these recommendations.

Before you replied I stumbled upon a non-commercial backup called Duplicati (http://www.duplicati.com/news) and installed the latest build, 2.0.0.81. I like it so far, but I've yet to test restoring anything.

I thought I was in trouble with this client today. They were missing some folders from their shared drive and my Deja Dup backup offered a blank list of versions to restore despite the folder being deleted only in the last 12 hours and having nightly backups for weeks. Only then did I realize how badly I needed to browse the backup and see what was actually there. I don't trust it now. I restored the entire Deja Dup backup to a temp folder and the folders in question were still missing. But I recalled that in my Zentyal server's shares I had enabled the recycle bin option. I was able to point my client to the accidentally deleted files, show the timestamp to indicate when they were recycled, and avoid dealing with the backups at all.

I'm still very interested in advice for best commercial-grade backup solution with good GUI. Open-source/free or not. BTW, I'm just wanting to back up a single server which ~15 workstations connect to. It's a small business, not a large enterprise. I've seen solutions out there like Symantec Backup Exec for >$1000 designed for backing up entire networks. I'm not looking for anything like that!

Thanks again!

Your Welcome-

***Let's see what other member recommend.***

If it helps Bacula popped up several times during my search which may mean it's very good.

Some ideas here. http://serverfault.com/questions/231...-shadow-copies