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  SBAdmin is built for UNIX-like systems, but most environments include Windows and Mac OS X systems as well. While SBAdmin does not provide full system backup and disaster recovery for Windows & Mac OS X systems, we do provide a simple way to incorporate your Windows and Mac OS X data in your SBAdmin backups.
The Windows (SMB) Data Backup Feature can be used to backup data from any system which uses the SMB protocol. This can include MS Windows, Mac OS X, or another UNIX system running an SMB server. A Windows system, for instance, uses SMB for remote communications, and SBAdmin can backup data from any Windows system that has created SMB shares, or "shared folders".
Rather than communicating directly with the SMB clients, the SMB data is temporarily mounted onto a Linux SMB host, and backed up using the standard SBadmin network communications. The SMB client is configured into the SBAdmin interface just like any other Linux or AIX client, except that you assign each client an SMB host and any necessary userid or password.
The SMB client data is then backed up in the same fashion as all other SBAdmin backup jobs, providing the use of include or exclude lists, selective file or directory restores, etc.
Data backed up from an SMB client may also be restored to a Linux or AIX filesystem and vice-versa, providing a means of transferring files between systems.
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