[dba-Tech] backup

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Jan 25 16:20:42 CST 2010


It sounds very interesting Janet. I will have to take a look.

Jim



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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Janet Erbach
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:50 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] backup

I just downloaded and am testing a freeware program called 'Uranium'.  It
has a built in scheduler, gives you the option of selecting the folders you
want to backup, and allows you to backup the files in zip or uncrompressed
format.  I'm testing it out now;  I'm backing up my PC to the server.  So
far so good...

Janet Erbach

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Max Wanadoo <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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> [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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