On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:32:01 -0400
Chris Hoogendyk <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/18/11 9:39 AM, Brian Cuttler wrote:

> > It is ALWAYS a good idea to test your restores.
> >
> > A good argument can be made that you are not so much interested in
> > backing up your system as in being able to restore it.  
> 
> You could, if you wanted, call that the first rule of backups -- Test
> your recovery.

Is there any purpose to making backups other than being able to recover?

Oh, well, job security, I suppose. If you aren't thinking things
through.

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