[dba-Tech] backup

Gary,

Don’t forget that scheduling a SyncToy (v 2.1 available now) will do this
for you automatically.

Set up a basic schedule,  (Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Task
Scheduler).

In the right panel (Actions) click on Create Basic Task. Follow the prompts

I do this to backup onto USB external drives.

Max


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: 23 January 2010 22:50
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] backup

I had been buying external USB drives and using them to backup but it
was something I had to remember to do. This just takes care of it and
if you need more space you can add more drives to the server pretty
economically.

GK

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Peter Brawley
<peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Gary, thanks, PB.
>
> Gary Kjos wrote:
>> I use A Windows Home Server system for backup.  It doesn't store drive
>> images but file by file backups which are then reassembled into a
>> usable drive with a client recovery disk should a restore be needed.
>> So identical files on multiple systems are not copied multiple times.
>> I use an HP brand server they call a Mediasmart. It does provide other
>> functionality but I have mostly used mine just for the nightly
>> backups.
>>
>> http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/mediasmart-server/
>>
>> GK
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Peter Brawley
>> <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> To keep reasonably recent backup images of 5 PCs, is there a more
>>> efficient method than to buy a caddy and a hard drive for it with enough
>>> capacity to hold comfortably more than total used space on the five PCs,
>>> partition the hard drive so it has a partition for each drive we're
>>> going to back up, then run cloneZilla from each PC as often as we need?
>>>
>>> PB
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