Following was my strategy when I used FMP-S on a Mac.
(We're being forced to NT boxen now...)
Use the Retrospect Selector to _deselect_ the folder that FMP-S and the
database files themselves reside in.
Script Filemaker Pro Server to back up the individual databases to a
separate folder at some
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From: Erik Ableson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: retro-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: New to Rertospect and AppleScript question
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How is this different from just setting FMP Server's internal backup?
>Another _very_ useful and important routine to run is to set up a timed script
>in FileMaker that does a save as of the database(s). This ensures
>that there is an
>inert copy of the database that Retrospect can backup safel
Another _very_ useful and important routine to run is to set up a timed script
in FileMaker that does a save as of the database(s). This ensures that there is an
inert copy of the database that Retrospect can backup safely and a emergency
copy available to use if a crash renders the original unus
on 4/17/2000 1:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I ran a backup on a test database and the backup ran without any errors
>> (while FileMaker was still running). I was then able to restore the
>> database from tape and open it -- no problems, but FileMaker Server was
>> neve
this server.
HTH,
Mark Maytum
Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation
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> I ran a backup on a test database and the backup ran without any errors
> (while FileMaker was still running). I was then able to restore the
> database from tape and open it -- no problems, but FileMaker Server was
> never shutdown during the backup.
I just ran a similar test and found that
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> > Our nonprofit company has just purchased Retrospect for Workgroups to
> backup
> > our Filemaker Pro databases, financial data, and the companies
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ject: New to Rertospect and AppleScript question
> Our nonprofit company has just purchased Retrospect for Workgroups to
backup
> our Filemaker Pro databases, financial data, and the companies computers.
I
> know that in order to backup the database it must first be shut down and I
>
Our nonprofit company has just purchased Retrospect for Workgroups to backup
our Filemaker Pro databases, financial data, and the companies computers. I
know that in order to backup the database it must first be shut down and I
read about the suggested AppleScript in the manual that is supposed t
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