I found a nifty(and cheap) program called zipbackup. http://www.zipbackup.com/ 1. It compresses using standard zip format. So any pc can open the archives. 2. burns straight to dvd/cd 3. e-mail notifcations 4. command line 5. does all the types of backups (incremental, differental, etc) 6. command line execution from a batch file. So I can close the database and kick the users automatically before backup, Dan Goldberg
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Rivkin Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:14 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Backup R:Base Data I am curious what sw/hw combinations folks are using to backup R:Base data. In my 4.5 application I used a command file to a) disconnect from R:base b) backup to diskettes using a compression utility c) reconnect d) Pack the DB My compression utility doesn't work with XP so I need to update the backup routine and probably the media as well. I typically maintain 4 backup copies; 3 generations on-site with a fourth done weekly for off-site. Even with all the enhancements, I don't anticipate the capacity requirement being greater than 10mb; even if I backup data and structure. Ed
