>> I also wished Dantz included a small email client in the retro server so
>> that the log could easilly be mailed to the administrator. I've tried to
>> get the thirdparty thing to work twize but it fails each time.
I've got the e-mail feature working to e-mail me logs and everything else
and to page me if there is an error or for tape requests. (my alpha/numeric
pager has an e-mail address). It works great. I love this feature, because I
don't have to constantly check the server.
I have it working with Outlook Express 4.0 (the script with Retrospect 4.2
doesn't apparently work with Outlook Express 5 or at least I couldn't get it
to work). I just followed the instructions in the manual. Let me know if you
still can't get it to work.
I haven't tried it with other e-mail programs.
--
Jeff Johnson
System Administrator
Just Partners
1710 East Franklin Street, Suite 150
Richmond, VA 23223
(804) 698-6309
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> From: Eric Zylstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 14:41:41 -0500
> To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: verify media
>
>>> I'm talking about byte-by-byte comparison. If you do no comparison,
>>> do you check to see that your data is restorable? If you don't check
>>> it, you must not have heard the common stories about having no
>>> useable backup after a major crash. I've heard many.
>>
>> What do you do when you get a bad byte-by-byte comparison?
>
> I monitor by backups daily. If I see a media failure, I give the
> drive another shot with the tape cleaner, try the tape immediately
> for another backup and if it fails, throw it into the garbage.
>
>
>
>> I also wished Dantz included a small email client in the retro server so
>> that the log could easilly be mailed to the administrator. I've tried to
>> get the thirdparty thing to work twize but it fails each time.
>
> There is a way you can manage this with AppleScript, but I've not
> implemented it myself.
>
>
>> I plan to use Luke Jaegers suggestion of one tape each day, wouldn't that
>> be secure enough?? I mean, if the byte-to-byte comparisson fails it nly
>> matters if it fails on the single files the client were just working with
>> or did I miss something...
>
> The key is that you need to know the media -or- the drive has failed.
> Otherwise, you experience a silent failure--the write to tape failed,
> but you have no idea until you attempt to do a critical restore.
> Then you are screwed.
>
> Now, if you have sufficient funding for a new tape every day (365 1/4
> tapes a year), then you probably could find a faster and better
> backup apparatus (i. e., a bunch of IDE drives).
>
> Hope you enjoy your holiday.
>
> Eric Zylstra
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>
>
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