RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Ben Schorr
[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 07:15 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backing up an important file every X minutes? Assuming you didn't want to shadow copy the whole drive, or run a proper backup every X minutes, what options have you used to back up

Re: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Jeff Bunting
The /MON and /MOT switches in Robocopy may be useful for you this. Jeff On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.ukwrote: Assuming you didn’t want to shadow copy the whole drive, or run a “proper” backup every X minutes, what options have you used to back up a

Re: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Andrew S. Baker
System Admin Issues *Subject:* Backing up an important file every X minutes? Assuming you didn’t want to shadow copy the whole drive, or run a “proper” backup every X minutes, what options have you used to back up a critical file every X minutes? A scheduled task with a RoboCopy job would

RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Paul Hutchings
Thanks. Any neater way to get a file.xyx.1 and file.xyz.2 and so on other than a batch file with a bunch of renames/copies? From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 January 2011 15:27 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backing up an important file every X minutes? +1

Re: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Jeff Bunting
, 2011 07:15 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Backing up an important file every X minutes? Assuming you didn’t want to shadow copy the whole drive, or run a “proper” backup every X minutes, what options have you used to back up a critical file every X minutes? A scheduled task

RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Bob Fronk
Second Copy will do this. Also will run as a service. BF Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.commailto:b...@btrfronk.com From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes? Scheduled

Re: RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Sam Cayze
: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes? Scheduled task with RoboCopy is exactly how we've done it. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower

RE: RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Paul Hutchings
they'd lose. Thanks! From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 January 2011 19:03 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes? Another option is SyncBack. It has versioning built into it. On Jan 14, 2011 10:05 AM, Bob Fronk b

RE: RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Bob Fronk
Subject: RE: RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes? Ah now that sounds perfect. I don't think the issue is that a nightly backup is insufficient longer term, just that the owners of the document (it's being updated all day) are twitchy if someone has finger trouble or it corrupts itself

Re: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I use GoodSync. It can be a service as well as keep versions. It can detect connections, changes, or run at intervals. -- ME2 On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.ukwrote: Assuming you didn’t want to shadow copy the whole drive, or run a “proper”

Re: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Kurt Buff
Have you tried robocopy /mon or robocopy /mot:x Kurt On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 06:14, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk wrote: Assuming you didn’t want to shadow copy the whole drive, or run a “proper” backup every X minutes, what options have you used to back up a critical