On 2002-07-10 5:16 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/10/02 3:48 PM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On or near 7/10/02 2:21 PM, Jim Warthman at >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: >> >>> I have created full-system backups with Retrospect, and have used them to >>> restore an OS X system - including the Entourage Database. I experienced no >>> problems with the database after the restore, and I am confident that Office >>> Notifications were running during the backup process (but not during the >>> restore). >> >> Consider yourself lucky. > > Actually, Retrospect is completely foolproof (I'm referring to myself). I've > been using it for months now. It's set to run a backup "script" at 2:30 AM > every night. (I'd make it 3:00 or 3:30 except there's some Unix stuff that > apparently runs then.) More than a few times I've still been scripting when > 2:30 arrives. usually I catch Retrospect and defer for an hour or until > quit. But sometimes I miss it and it just runs. All it does is give a little > "boop" when it meets the open Database file (and any open app) and skip it > with an error logged. No big deal. it won't do the backup if the file is > open. Very safe. But it also doesn't terminate. It just moves on to the next > file. Very smart. Interesting. I don't recall ever seeing in the log that Retrospect needed to skip the database file, even though (like you) I have Retrospect set to run overnight, and Entourage is also running. I'll take a look back through my saved log to see if I just missed something. But as far as I know, Retrospect happily (and successfully) backs up my Entourage database file each night. Enjoy! -- Jim -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
