Yet another method.
I have four different backup server scripts. All of them follow these
patterns.
1 Run from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.
2 Attempt to backup laptops daily
3 Backs up to two file sets each (A & B), rather than tape. This is to
reduce wear and tear on any slower network connections. Two are used to
insure availability of backup data when alternate backup set is reset.
4 On alternate bi-weekly cycles each file set is reset and backup all
members of its group.
5 Sets are backed up to tape every three months.
These are the different scripts in use
1 PC laptops - Script targets specific directories such as Mail,
Documents and PIM files.
2 Mac laptops - Users assign a backup label to folders or files to
determine what to backup. I preset the preferences, mail and browser
folders. The last label is reserved for this function.
3 Encrypted file set - For obvious reasons such as the publisher.
4 All Data - For systems that are so complex to setup that I don't
want to rebuild them.
> From: Julia Frizzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:59:10 -0500
> To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: "Backup server" question
>
> At 10:46 PM -0600 1/17/01, Steve Yuroff wrote:
>> Hello, list!
>>
>> I've read the manual, reviewed the archives, but I'm still not sure
>> if this is a good idea, (or if I completely "get it") so I'd like
>> the list's input:
>>
>> I'm responsible for a 100bT network with about 50 desktops, 15
>> laptops and 3 servers, backing up to a DDS-3 8 tape autoloader, and
>> perhaps soon to an AIT-II autoloader. I've been using a backup
>> script to handle the backups, but it has the problem of missing the
>> commonly absent laptops. I'm looking at using the "backup server"
>> feature to access the laptops on demand. What I'm not clear on is
>> the best way to do it, and have 2 ideas:
>>
>> 1) Have a script that backs up all the desktops (user machines and
>> servers) overnight, and backup all the laptops via Backup Server
>> starting early in the day. This way, the laptops left overnight
>> could get backed up before the users arrive, and those that arrive
>> later will get addressed as they're available. However, if I do
>> this, can both methods write to the same storage set?
>>
>> 2) Do all the machines via Backup Server. But is there a way to use
>> Backup Server and guarantee that Retrospect won't try to access
>> desktops and servers during the day, but only at night? It seems to
>> me that if I make the active time start at midnight with a "backup
>> every 24 hrs" set, it should work that way, but I'm not confident
>> I'm right.
>
> I may end up going to the style recommended by Craig in another
> email, once we get our new tape drive system. But I started with an
> experiment with a backup server script, so this is what I do:
>
> Laptop backup server runs from 8:30 to 3:30, Monday-Friday. All the
> laptop user's hard drives (not the client itself, otherwise it will
> back up floppies and zips and annoy the users) are in this backup
> set. Users can defer the backup to a later time, but know when it
> ends so they plan accordingly. They have their own backup tape.
>
> Desktop and servers run on a regular script, which runs at night.
> They have their own set of backup tapes, which rotates every night
> for two weeks of tapes.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
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