I use the same basic setup. Its easier to restore only the docs and
prefs to the disk after you have restored everything else with an
image. (I made a an image of a bootable CD and replaced the TCP/IP
pref with our support IP address. That way I have IP access to the
server, not slow appletalk. Its worth the effort!!!!).
>At 9:21 AM -0800 3/8/01, Craig Gaevert wrote:
>
>>And after having lost drives (this has
>>happened 2 times) within days of having no backup I will not
>>tolerate more than 1 day
>>w/o a complete backup. I gave up and went to a single script that
>>uses a different tape
>>each day, completely replacing the contents, along with a monthly
>>archive backup. Now
>>this was about two years ago. And yes, I too, have several large
>>FMP files that need
>>backup.
>
>I am probably in the minority here with my situation, but I feel I
>just have to speak up. Apologies in advance if I offend anyone.
>
>Here at my workplace, we have a standard configuration that we
>implement. Sure, there are a number of folk (mostly our publications
>staff) that deviate from the standard, but not enough that we need
>more than one image that includes all the applications on a typical
>user's box.
>
>I create an image of the drive and using Apple Software Restore, I
>can replace a user's drive, should it crash, in about 10 minutes.
>Then it's just a matter of replacing the user's Documents folder and
>bookmark files, which are backed up nightly using incrementals.
>
>All in all, it takes me about a half-hour to completely restore a
>user after a crash, more if I have to re-install other applications
>(such as Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. that our Pubs folk use).
>
>Every one of our users is told when they start, and they get
>frequent reminders, that nothing not in the Documents folder (save
>their bookmarks) gets backed up. We keep the Documents folder on the
>desktop so they can get to it easily, and remind them to make
>aliases instead of putting files/folders on the desktop.
>
>Our servers do not follow this regimen, though they probably should.
>Maybe when I do the next upgrade...have a basic OS for the image,
>and the apps can be re-installed fairly easily, or have OS & apps
>each in their own image.
>
>Do most people who use Retrospect not have a standard config that
>they can rebuild from, in case of a crash? I know you can also use
>Retrospect in this regard, but I personally find it easier using
>ASR. If we were using Windows machines, I'd buy a copy of Ghost and
>do the same thing.
>
>Or do most of you back up the whole drive each night, because each
>drive is different and there are no standards? Or something else?
>
>I'm just curious, I guess, and puzzled. Of course, my Windows box at
>home doesn't have a standard config nor does it get backed up
>(yipe!), but I'm planning on backing everything up this weekend and
>starting over from scratch anyway. And maybe I can put backup
>software on the Christmas list this year. :)
>
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