But surely part of any sensible backup strategy includes at least a partial restore at intervals to prove the integrity of the backup?
I heard a story from an acquaintance of visiting an establishment and enquiring how they backed up their financial data. He was told that they backed up every night to tape and had done so for 3 years - but they kept getting an error message that they didn't understand so they ignored it. The message was "Tape not formatted". John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > > We use CommVault and DataDomain. It is very complex and > expensive, and I hope we never need to restore from backup.... > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/9e4c48facc8c44d7a10c3972f64ef...@wessex1 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
