Offsite Backup for Physical Servers & Workstations

Hi Spiceheads,Need some help with a solution design.OVERVIEW
We have a client with a Head Office in one country and multiple branches+remote laptop users across the globe (approx 500 such devices that are remote). The HO is virtualized & has a good backup system along with replication to their secondary DR site.
NEED
The client needs to be able to backup all the PHYSICAL server and workstations (laptops & desktops) across all these branch offices to the HO backup storage repository and it will then be replicated to the DR site by their existing solution at the HO. The backup needs to support bare-metal as well as folder level backups.CONNECTIVITY
Most branches are hooked up to HO via site to site vpn. Some smaller branches & remote users have users using software vpn clients on their laptops. How can these machines be backed up to HO....
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My iPhone's screen black, it does not work and I tied to hold press power and home press but it did not work? By the way for seconds I saw iTunes cabal simple, but unfortunately, I do not have backup for my iPhone in my mac, so how can I restore my iphone without loss my date?
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lbryan1987 wrote:
I dont want the button problem solved i need to know how to restore the phone without using that button or going into settings
You don't in the condition it's in. You will either have to get the phone replaced by Apple or pay a 3rd party to repair it.
there seriously should be more than two ways to solve this other wise apple is useless and we will never buy another apple product.
Seriously? It's physically broken!

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I have a new iMac -- the first Mac for a longtime Windows user...
One of my normal practices with the PC was to create an offsite backup each month, which is stored in my desk at work. In the past, I've always used DVDs for the backup, but now that my iTunes and digital photo libraries are growing, that's getting to be too much of a chore and requires too many disks to do easily. So, I'd like to start doing my offsite on a portable hard drive I can store in the office and just take home once a month for the backups.
I'm already using Time Machine to back up my iMac to a G-Tech external hard drive, but for the offsite backup, I'd prefer to only back up my iTunes library, photos, and documents. I don't see a way to do that with Time Machine.
What's the best way to have only these folders backed up to an external hard drive?

ecd1211, Welcome to the discussion area!
I'd prefer to only back up my iTunes library, photos, and documents. I don't see a way to do that with Time Machine.
You can customize Time Machine to only do the folders you want.
In Time Machine preferences, Choose Backup Disk, then click Options. A list of locations that are backed up appears.
To add a new "do not back up" location to the listing, click the "+" button below the list, navigate to the location you want to exclude and click Exclude.
To delete a listing, select that listing and click the "-" button.
Click Done to return to Time Machine preferences.
Drag the Time Machine OFF-ON slider to turn Time Machine on or off.
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