On 04/07/10 09:54, James Harper wrote:
>> On 04/07/10 06:27, bitbyte wrote:
>>> What do you think a restore is?Think you need to go again to the
>>> elementary lessons? Periodical restores checks the status of the
>>> files that are being backed up,so that we can be sure that they are
>>> backed up correctly without errors?
>>>
>>> This just doesn't mean that we do baremetal or something like that
>>> automated :):)
>>
>> This sounds as though you should look into the Verify feature and see
> if
>> it does what you need.
>>
> 
> A verify is not a substitute for a restore test. A verify tells you that
> the data is on the media, it doesn't tell you that you can get it back.
> 
> A regular full (or partial) restore test should be a part of any good
> backup regime.

Oh, sure.  But as best I can understand the OP, it seems to me that
verify is what he's looking for.  However, I could easily be
misunderstanding.


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