Peter Brawley
peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Tue Jan 12 11:48:34 CST 2010
Steve, >The big question mark, of course, is what to do if a health >emergency happens. No insurance to somewhat offset the possible huge >financial burden. In a few months we'll be able, maybe, to afford private >insurance to cover serious hospitalization. Yikes. Consider moving to Canada. PB ----- Steve Erbach wrote: > Rocky, > > On individual workstations I'm sure that just about ANY clone/image-type > program works just fine. It's on a SERVER that the problems crop up. > > >>> this place sounds like an idea opportunity to get your foot in the >>> > door by doing a lot of pro bono stuff for them. << > > If I knew something substantive about Windows Server maybe that would be > true. This backup thing defeats me. > > >>> How's the job hunt going? << >>> > > Nada. I've officially applied for 94 jobs since I was downsized. In 35 > days it'll be one year since that event. I'm more-or-less operating as a > sole proprietor again with two of my oldest clients keeping food on the > table. The big question mark, of course, is what to do if a health > emergency happens. No insurance to somewhat offset the possible huge > financial burden. In a few months we'll be able, maybe, to afford private > insurance to cover serious hospitalization. > > Regards, > > Steve Erbach > Neenah, WI > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>wrote: > > >> I have a real simple backup problem solved by using Norton Ghost on each >> machine with their own external HD. I've had to restore specific files >> from >> the Ghost image, so I know that's working. Don't know if the HD failed and >> I had to restore the whole image if it would work. >> >> But the product seems to be very stable. >> >> BTW, this place sounds like an idea opportunity to get your foot in the >> door >> by doing a lot of pro bono stuff for them. How's the job hunt going? >> >> R >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach >> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:13 AM >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >> Subject: [dba-Tech] Once and for all time: server backups >> >> Dear Group, >> >> My wife, Janet, wrote a while back asking for advice on server backups. >> She's the *de facto* system administrator where she works, a retail >> high-end natural food supplement store with a large Internet presence [ >> www.naturalhealthyconcepts.com]. I said "de facto" because she really has >> no experience with hardware or networking. Databases, queries, a little >> web >> design, sure. Trouble-shooting network and backup issues? Yuck! >> >> Anyway, I've been, of course, privy to her continued struggles with the >> backup issues she's been having. This all started when Janet's boss had a >> new server installed. It's a Windows Small Business Server 2008 system. >> That's a hybrid of Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005. >> >> The company that installed the server had never installed Small Business >> Server 2008 before...but the co-owner of the computer company is a roommate >> of one of the boss's employees...so, lets give the kid a chance, eh? >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.136/2616 - Release Date: 01/12/10 07:35:00 > >