setup 4D to do its own backup - to a separate directory (at least), or drive. Then ask that the OS level back up exempt the 4D folder from backup.
ask that the backup > Hi > > I’m sure this is an age old issue but I thought I’d solicit some > opinions on addressing it in case anyone cares to post their > experiences. > > The OS level backup is saving the operating system (which nobody > cares about) and trashing 4D (which everybody cares about). > > The site runs a mission critical 4D Server under 4D 2004 (it should > be getting retired/replaced with a new 4D system in a month or two) > which is under 3rd party contractural support that includes twice > daily backups at OS level. Every week the server crashes when nobody > is using it and I’m cure it’s because of the Windows backup process > conflicting with 4D which has the datafile open. I think it’s one of > these that freezes everything while it backs up and then “unfreezes > ” it. > > It would be good to have 4D write its own backup to an external drive > and than have the OS backup run on that one instead. But the > contractor then feels exposed contracturally for not backing up the > main OS so it’s like talking to a brick wall. > > How do others address this ? > > Regards > > Peter > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ------------ Hell is other people Jean-Paul Sartre ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
