Andy, Do you mind if I email you some questions off list about this?
Regards, Jim Majorowicz, MCP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Network Engineer Whitsell Computer Services (503) 297-8440x12 www.whitsell.com On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Andy Ognenoff < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We use PFW 5.4 (used to use 5.2) and the backups are really easy. Make > sure > no one is in the application then just backup the data directories (the > company folders.) We use a simple robocopy and have so for something like > 10 years. We restore VERY often due to needing to change some entry from > the previous month and it's literally just a file replacement as long as no > one is in the application. > > - Andy O. > ________________________________________ > From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:24 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Platinum For Windows... > > Anyone familiar with Platinum for Windows ver. 5.2? Any version for that > matter. I think the last time I worked with Platinum it was like version > 3.x. I seem to remember a tool I used to make easy backups of the > databases, but that was Microsoft SQL based on NT 4.0. This version uses > Pervasive, and I can't find anything in the documentation on backup and > restore procedures. I find instructions on how to do a repair, but not a > backup. > > Of course there isn't a support contract in place anymore. The product is > like 4 years old. I could call Sage, but they'll want $225 just to tell me > something that I think should be in the paper documentation. .. > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
