Re: Unattended Backups

[Alma Garcia <almag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We also run a full backup Monday-Friday.  The new Release, Silver will 
add an automatic verification step to unattended backup. The process 
will take even less of your time to manage each day. Tha is  if you are 
able to move to Silver when it goes into production.

Alma

Mario Brooks wrote:

> We have done unattended full backups of our innopac system for years 
> without a problem (well, except when we run into bad tapes).
>
> We perform the backups Monday through Friday starting at 5am. I verify 
> the tape and then intialize the next days tape in the morning when I 
> get into work..
>
> Janet Fine wrote:
>
> > 4/30/04
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I am looking into running unattended full backups on a daily basis. 
> > For the past 10 years we have done a daily backup everyday and a full 
> > backup every Wednesday . All backup discs are kept in a secure 
> > location off site. On a Friday about 6 weeks ago, we had a total disc 
> > failure. Innovative was able to use the full backup from the previous 
> > Wednesday to restore data until that point. However, due to some 
> > misstep on Innovative's part, they were not able to use the daily 
> > backups to restore date from the Thursday's and Friday's daily 
> > backups. Long story short, I was advised by Innovative to do a full 
> > backup every day. The most efficient means to accomplish this would 
> > be to schedule the backup after closing and then have staff verify 
> > the backup the following morning. Does anyone have any advise to 
> > offer? Good experiences? Bad? Any information would be greatly 
> > appreciated. Have a great weekend!
> >
> > Janet Fine
> > Department Head, Circulation Services
> > Great Neck Library
> > 159 Bayview Avenue
> > Great Neck, NY 11023
> > (516) 466-8055 ext. 205
> >
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