[dba-Tech] Once and for all time: server backups

In my case, to save an hour or two of full system restoration time isn't worth the expense of the backup software.  These are pretty small installations I'm dealing with.




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From: Steve Erbach <erbachs at gmail.com>
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tue, January 12, 2010 11:32:31 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Once and for all time: server backups

Rusty,

>> Yeah, it's slower to restore because you have to restore the OS first but
I'm getting good backups. <<

That just KILLS me!!  After all this time and all those myriad server
crashes over the years, one would think that a bootable backup drive would
be so desirable that companies would be screaming for that type of product.
Is OS restoration followed by restoration of backup tapes or Windows
backups a plot by IT types to keep their jobs?

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI


On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Rusty Hammond <rustykh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I haven't installed an SBS 2008 server yet, but in SBS 2003 I've just used
> the built in windows backup and swap external USB drives to backup to.
>  Yeah, it's slower to restore because you have to restore the OS first but
> I'm getting good backups.  I've had to restore a few files at times so it
> gets tested.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Steve Erbach <erbachs at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <
> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tue, January 12, 2010 11:04:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Once and for all time: server backups
>
> Max,
>
> Well, the whole idea of using a clone/image-type backup is that the backup
> drive is bootable.  THAT'S the potential huge time-saver here.  XCOPY
> doesn't do that.
>
> Steve Erbach
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Max Wanadoo <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Steve,
> >
> > DOS XCopy32 will do it all - with switches for incremental backup.
> > You can  also schedule it from windows scheduler.
> >
> > Max
>
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