Comments on: Q: Why do you have daily backups? http://blog.osministry.com/2007/01/29/q-why-do-you-have-daily-backups/ Because you can observe a lot just by watching. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:41:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Bob Brown http://blog.osministry.com/2007/01/29/q-why-do-you-have-daily-backups/#comment-3135 Bob Brown Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:37:13 +0000 http://blog.osministry.com/2007/01/29/q-why-do-you-have-daily-backups/#comment-3135 We currently just have the nightly and then a weekly for much of our data. I would like to have something a bit more secure though. I second that opinion on Off line sync for laptops. Mine was set up like that when I first started here. It was originally just a nuisance. Then it was a pain in the neck. The day I lost an excel file filled with carefully tracked down information about every network point in the building due to a resync was the day I removed it from my computer. I take it off of most people's systems now. We currently just have the nightly and then a weekly for much of our data. I would like to have something a bit more secure though.

I second that opinion on Off line sync for laptops. Mine was set up like that when I first started here. It was originally just a nuisance. Then it was a pain in the neck. The day I lost an excel file filled with carefully tracked down information about every network point in the building due to a resync was the day I removed it from my computer. I take it off of most people’s systems now.

]]> By: Jason Powell http://blog.osministry.com/2007/01/29/q-why-do-you-have-daily-backups/#comment-3128 Jason Powell Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:04:33 +0000 http://blog.osministry.com/2007/01/29/q-why-do-you-have-daily-backups/#comment-3128 When we were experimenting with Microsoft DPM we could go back several versions on any files ... and users could restore prior versions themselves. It ate up space to do so, but it was pretty slick. We stopped using DPM when we put the SAN in place ... 'cause we basically forgot about it :-) We're in the final stages of completely overhauling our backup strategy ... I'll post about it once we get it all in place. We're also looking into better mobile file sync solutions ... I'm not a fan of MS Offline folder sync ... we've been bitten by it before when users have both a laptop and desktop. Anyone using anything they like? When we were experimenting with Microsoft DPM we could go back several versions on any files … and users could restore prior versions themselves. It ate up space to do so, but it was pretty slick.
We stopped using DPM when we put the SAN in place … ’cause we basically forgot about it :-)

We’re in the final stages of completely overhauling our backup strategy … I’ll post about it once we get it all in place.

We’re also looking into better mobile file sync solutions … I’m not a fan of MS Offline folder sync … we’ve been bitten by it before when users have both a laptop and desktop. Anyone using anything they like?

]]> By: Tony Dye http://blog.osministry.com/2007/01/29/q-why-do-you-have-daily-backups/#comment-3119 Tony Dye Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:59:18 +0000 http://blog.osministry.com/2007/01/29/q-why-do-you-have-daily-backups/#comment-3119 Do you do any sort of undelete? For instance, new file created today, stored on the server, but accidentally deleted before the backup runs. Any hope of recovering that file tomorrow? Do you do any sort of undelete? For instance, new file created today, stored on the server, but accidentally deleted before the backup runs. Any hope of recovering that file tomorrow?

]]> By: Jason Powell http://blog.osministry.com/2007/01/29/q-why-do-you-have-daily-backups/#comment-3105 Jason Powell Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:53:27 +0000 http://blog.osministry.com/2007/01/29/q-why-do-you-have-daily-backups/#comment-3105 YIKES! Gotta love those backups! YIKES! Gotta love those backups!

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