The next person that goes out there has to be able to fix it in one hour or the owner will declare you incompetent too.
Linux Rocks ! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >Tape drives are pain in the butt... (but not as much as printers!) Its a pity >that technology hasnt improved much... maybe dvdr is better... i dunno, as I >dont have one :( > have they considered changing their backup scheme (like doing full backup >once a week to tape, and incremental backup to disk?) > >Jamie > >On Saturday 31 August 2002 12:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >: On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:56:50AM +0000, Bob Crandell wrote: >: > I was one of those people that worked on that backup. It took a couple >: > of trips to figure out how TapeWare worked. I'm pretty sure I could get >: > the timed backup to work in 1 or 2 more trips out there. >: > >: > The problem is TapeWare expects a specific tape on a specific day of the >: > rotation. If you get the wrong tape, the backup fails and you won't get a >: > backup until the error prompt is dealt with and the correct tape is >: > inserted. Wrong tape? Too bad. >: >: Yeah, I've seen this before. It's why I replaced ArcServe with BackupExec >: on my Netware boxen. >: >: So, why don't they replace this with some good backup software? >: Considering the function of the software, I think I'd get something that >: did the job, rather than stick with the stuff that shipped with the drive. >: >: Personally, I've quit doing those types of automated rotation schemes. >: Setting up backup jobs manually *always* works, and as far as I'm >: concerned, making sure I've got working backup is the single most important >: function of my job. >: >: Cheers, >: Dennis > > > -- Bob Crandell Assured Computing When you need to be sure. Voice 541-689-9159 FAX 240-371-7237 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Eugene, Or. 97402
