Re: Retrospect Client
Re: Retrospect Client
- Subject: Re: Retrospect Client
- From: Nigel Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:51:07 +0000
At 6:44 pm +1300 15/3/2001, Paul Dickinson wrote:
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Why not use FMP Server's own scheduled backup system to back up either onto
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the FMP Server Mac or some other volume mounted on the FMP server, timed to
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take place before the retrospect backup occurs. The FMP Server software is
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automatically paused while a backup copy is made so the backup copy is in a
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good known state. Retrospect can then backup the backup.
I'll vote for this, it is almost exactly what we do, with one addition --
Retrospect is set to *only* backup the folder into which FMPS saves its
backups. We've have had no problems at all over the last 2 years of
5-nights-a-week backups.
HTH,
Nigel