You should backup to a zip disk and take the disk off site. Tomorrow
backup to a different disk and take it off site. Next day back up to
a third disk, etc. At the end of the week back up to yet another
disk, a weekly backup. Next week repeat with your daily disks, and at
the end of the week, use a new disk for the 2nd weekly backup. Repeat
for as many weeks as you can afford.
Regarding the above, Dave, could you please explain the danger of using just
one zip disk and re-copying Ebase onto it at the end of each day, taking the
disk home, bringing back and repeating the process? What's the difference
from the above?
Thank you so much
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From: Dave Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 11:43 AM
To: TechRocks Support
Subject: [support] Re: Opening copy of Ebase from Zip disk
>You're giving me good info. I backup daily in two ways. 1. I copy and paste
>the Ebase folder in Program files into our Ebase Backup folder, also in
>Program files. 2. I click and drag the Ebase folder onto "Removable Disk
E".
>In each case I click on "Yes to All".
>
>So, when you asked if I keep each backup or overwrite the previous backup,
>I'm sensing I do the latter...copy over previous copy. This isnt good? How
>do keep the previous copy and make a new one onto the same zip disk? Copy
>and paste rather than click and drag? But then will both backups have the
>same name, i.e. can I distinguish the backups from each other?
The key here is to use a different zip disk for successive backups,
not the same disk every time. Backups are intended to protect against
file corruption, disk failure, damage due to fire, water etc., and
theft. If you have a backup on the same disk as your main copy (the
one in your backup folder in Program files) it will protect you only
in the case of a file corruption such as FileMaker crashing. If the
disk fails, your office burns, both the main copy and your backup are
gone. If your computer crashes while making the backup, reading from
your main copy and writing to the backup, it's likely that both
copies will be damaged.
You should backup to a zip disk and take the disk off site. Tomorrow
backup to a different disk and take it off site. Next day back up to
a third disk, etc. At the end of the week back up to yet another
disk, a weekly backup. Next week repeat with your daily disks, and at
the end of the week, use a new disk for the 2nd weekly backup. Repeat
for as many weeks as you can afford.
>And, regarding playing with a copy on my harddrive, is my "Ebase Backup"
>folder (in step 1. above) on my harddrive? and is this a copy I could use
to
>practice with? (computer lingo trips me up sometimes)
>
Yes, the Ebase Backup folder is a duplicate copy, in your case. You
have another copy on the zip disk. It's easy to confuse FileMaker
about which copy it should be using, though, so unless you are
actually using the copy to test features, you should keep it in
compressed form with WinZip or something like that.
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Dave Shaw H4 Consulting
tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
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