Back in the day I had a routine that attempted to use shared all dbfs and would copy to the backup folder. If a table was not able to be used that was noted in the log. When done all files were zipped into a single file. User could then copy that to floppy disk via a multi disk param or just leave them were they were. Next backup run would remove all of those files and repeat the process.
Today you can copy them to a usb key, secondary drive or the cloud. On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Srikanth Bhandari < [email protected]> wrote: > I would suggest using some freeware to zip the VFP Dbc/Dbfs/Fpts/Idx/Cdx > files before the zip file is copied to the iCloud. > > You would require to schedule the Zip & Copy. > > Most files aren't copied while being in use. Hence you might not have had > the Transaction file getting copied since they would have been opened by > the user(s) while the same was being copied. > > On Monday 15 August 2016, Michael Glassman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks for providing more details, Alan. Those are the same reasons I > > don't > > do continuous backups. > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] On > > Behalf Of Alan > > Bourke > > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 8:57 AM > > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Subject: Re: iCloud > > > > On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, at 03:24 PM, Michael Glassman wrote: > > > Just curious, Alan. What makes you say that? > > > > Michael > > > > Firstly I've seen a few (MozyPro in particular) hold a file handle on > > DBF/FPT/CDX files if they're in the backup upload queue, which can > > interfere > > with VFP. > > > > Secondly VFP applications using DBF data are essentially a data set > spread > > over many files, hundreds in our case. Unless you can do a 'point in > time' > > backup when you know there is nobody in the system (like the traditional > > 3AM > > tape backup approach) then how do you know if restored data is > consistent? > > > > -- > > Alan Bourke > > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmy+fw2ntahopntumc+d+8t53h4qgwrjt0cnvobn03jg...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
