Re: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC

[Matthew Tevenan]

Adam's right--St. Bernard's Open File Manager may be an option for some.
However, Open File Manager only works with Retrospect 5.0 for Windows, not
Retrospect 4.2 for Macintosh.

Matthew Tevenan
Technical Support Specialist
Dantz Development Corporation
925.253.3050 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

> From: "Adam Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:13:43 -0500
> To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC
> 
> Another option is to use a product called Open File Manager from St Bernard
> Software (www.stbernard.com).  Backs up all open files no matter what they
> are.  OFM assentially takes a snapshop of the open file/s then deletes the
> snapshot after they are backup up.  This product even can backup the NT SAM
> files and an Exchange Post Office while open.  It works very well and takes
> little resources.
> 
> I use it with all my NT Servers.  In my office we run a Filemaker 5 database
> for customer tracking and billing.  OFM handles it with no problem.  So nice
> not to worry that a database or any other file is open.
> 
> Version 6.2 of OFM does work with Retrospect.
> 
> Adam Cohen
> 
> Adam Cohen
> President
> CyberDoctors, Inc.
> 47 Maple Street
> Suite 103
> Burlington  VT  05401
> (802) 860-2430
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.cyber-doctors.com
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Jon Gardner
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 6:11 PM
> To: retro-talk
> Subject: Re: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC
> 
> 
> on 2/25/2000 4:33 PM, Aaron Kopel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> I am wanting to back up FileMaker Pro 5 databases that are hosted on
>> a WINNT machine. I was curious as to some other people's strategies.
>> I am running into the "file open" problem. We are using retrospect 4.2
> 
> Set up a server script in FileMaker Pro to backup the databases just before
> the Retrospect backup is supposed to happen. Retro will be able to read the
> backup files, since they won't be open.
> 
> <><
> Jon L. Gardner '89, Computer Systems Manager 
> Texas A&M University Dept. of Food Services 
> Tel 979.458.1839 Fax 979.845.2157 ICQ 34792860
> PGP public key available at 
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RE: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC

[Adam Cohen]

Another option is to use a product called Open File Manager from St Bernard
Software (www.stbernard.com).  Backs up all open files no matter what they
are.  OFM assentially takes a snapshop of the open file/s then deletes the
snapshot after they are backup up.  This product even can backup the NT SAM
files and an Exchange Post Office while open.  It works very well and takes
little resources.

I use it with all my NT Servers.  In my office we run a Filemaker 5 database
for customer tracking and billing.  OFM handles it with no problem.  So nice
not to worry that a database or any other file is open.

Version 6.2 of OFM does work with Retrospect.

Adam Cohen

Adam Cohen
President
CyberDoctors, Inc.
47 Maple Street
Suite 103
Burlington  VT  05401
(802) 860-2430

[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.cyber-doctors.com





-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
Of Jon Gardner
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 6:11 PM
To: retro-talk
Subject: Re: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC


on 2/25/2000 4:33 PM, Aaron Kopel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I am wanting to back up FileMaker Pro 5 databases that are hosted on
> a WINNT machine. I was curious as to some other people's strategies.
> I am running into the "file open" problem. We are using retrospect 4.2

Set up a server script in FileMaker Pro to backup the databases just before
the Retrospect backup is supposed to happen. Retro will be able to read the
backup files, since they won't be open.

<><
Jon L. Gardner '89, Computer Systems Manager 
Texas A&M University Dept. of Food Services 
Tel 979.458.1839 Fax 979.845.2157 ICQ 34792860
PGP public key available at 





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Re: my @$$ is saved

[John C. Welch]

Oh well, if you like thathere's mine:

When my NT Terminal Server/Metaframe Setup went south during a CPU upgrade,
for almost a month I was in NT heck, Compaq heck, almost nothing was coming
back straight, service pack 4 was killing *everything*! (for perspective,
the registry on this box is now at a point that it is *too big* to make a
rescue disk. rdisk fails, because it can't get it on a floppy.)

The ONLY thing I could count on, was that each and every time I needed to
redo the *full* restore, Retrospect would perform flawlessly. I ended up
rebuilding that fershlugginer system 25 times in a month, and each time
Retrospect came through.

you guys *totally* rock!

and your MacWorld parties kick ass too!

john

> From: "Craig Isaacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 15:19:11 -0800
> To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: my @$$ is saved
> 
> Woo hoo!
> 
> Thanks, Luke. It always helps to hear *why* we do what we do.
> 
> Craig
> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
>> Of Luke Jaeger
>> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 1:31 PM
>> To: retro-talk
>> Subject: my @$$ is saved
>> 
>> 
>> Just another ordinary day at the office. A user lost slightly upwards of
>> 1 GB of data off her hard drive due to catastrophically munged volume
>> structures (this was a new one on me - below a certain level, everything
>> that was in a folder disappeared; only 100 MB worth of bare files were left!)
>> 
>> Fortunately her drive was backed up to tape last night, and the whole
>> thing is being restored as I write this.
>> 
>> Thanks Dantz!
>> -- 
>> 
>> 
>> top of the world,
>> 
>> Luke Jaeger, Technology Coordinator
>> Disney Magazine Publishing
>> Northampton, Massachusetts
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Any opinions expressed in this message are my own and may not represent
>> the opinions of Disney Publishing, etc etc etc.
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RE: my @$$ is saved

[Craig Isaacs]

Woo hoo!

Thanks, Luke. It always helps to hear *why* we do what we do. 

Craig

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Luke Jaeger
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 1:31 PM
> To: retro-talk
> Subject: my @$$ is saved
> 
> 
> Just another ordinary day at the office. A user lost slightly upwards of
> 1 GB of data off her hard drive due to catastrophically munged volume
> structures (this was a new one on me - below a certain level, everything
> that was in a folder disappeared; only 100 MB worth of bare files were left!)
> 
> Fortunately her drive was backed up to tape last night, and the whole
> thing is being restored as I write this.
> 
> Thanks Dantz!
> -- 
> 
> 
> top of the world,
> 
> Luke Jaeger, Technology Coordinator
> Disney Magazine Publishing
> Northampton, Massachusetts
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Any opinions expressed in this message are my own and may not represent
> the opinions of Disney Publishing, etc etc etc.
> 
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Re: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC

[Jon Gardner]

on 2/25/2000 4:33 PM, Aaron Kopel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I am wanting to back up FileMaker Pro 5 databases that are hosted on
> a WINNT machine. I was curious as to some other people's strategies.
> I am running into the "file open" problem. We are using retrospect 4.2

Set up a server script in FileMaker Pro to backup the databases just before
the Retrospect backup is supposed to happen. Retro will be able to read the
backup files, since they won't be open.

<><
Jon L. Gardner '89, Computer Systems Manager 
Texas A&M University Dept. of Food Services 
Tel 979.458.1839 Fax 979.845.2157 ICQ 34792860
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my @$$ is saved

[Luke Jaeger]

Just another ordinary day at the office. A user lost slightly upwards of
1 GB of data off her hard drive due to catastrophically munged volume
structures (this was a new one on me - below a certain level, everything
that was in a folder disappeared; only 100 MB worth of bare files were left!)

Fortunately her drive was backed up to tape last night, and the whole
thing is being restored as I write this.

Thanks Dantz!
-- 


top of the world,

Luke Jaeger, Technology Coordinator
Disney Magazine Publishing
Northampton, Massachusetts
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Any opinions expressed in this message are my own and may not represent
the opinions of Disney Publishing, etc etc etc.

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Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC

[Aaron Kopel]

Hello,
I am wanting to back up FileMaker Pro 5 databases that are hosted on 
a WINNT machine. I was curious as to some other people's strategies. 
I am running into the "file open" problem. We are using retrospect 4.2
Thanks!

Aaron Kopel
Systems Support
Greenlee School of Journalism
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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Re: Retrospect and Yamaha 6416S CD-RW drive

[Matthew Tevenan]

Brooks,

I can verify that we have received and tested Yamaha's latest firmware
update and that it fixes this problem. We're now waiting for Yamaha to post
this to their website. Please contact Yamaha for further information.

Regards,

Matthew Tevenan
Technical Support Specialist
Dantz Development Corporation
925.253.3050 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:33:22 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Retrospect and Yamaha 6416S CD-RW drive
> 
> I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I too have heard from Yamaha (Tom
> Bailey, 1/31/2000) that "Dantz Software is testing the firmware update."
> Unless I missed something Neither Matthew Tevenan nor other Dantz
> spokesperson has indicated this to be the case.  Of course they haven't said
> it's BS either.
> 
> I guess I'd like to ask if Dantz can indicate if there's any truth to the
> statement made by Tom Bailey.  Even if Dantz isn't responsible for the
> performance of the drive, has Yamaha provided a firmware update for testing?
> 
> 
> Brooks Peters(301) 227-1243 (voice)
> NSWC - Carderock Division(301) 227-5930 (fax)
> Code 5500 (Bldg. 18, Rm. 127)mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 9500 MacArthur Blvd.
> West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700
> 
> 
>> --
>> From:  Matthew Tevenan
>> Reply To:  retro-talk
>> Sent:  Monday, February 14, 2000 11:33 AM
>> To:  retro-talk
>> Subject:  Re: Retrospect and Yamaha 6416S CD-RW drive
>> 
>> Moe,
>> 
>> Dantz has verified that there is a bug in the firmware of the Yamaha 6416
>> CD-RW drive. While we have notified Yamaha of this bug, until Yamaha
>> releases a fix for this problem, we can no longer officially support
>> backup
>> to the Yamaha 6416 CD-RW drive with Retrospect or Retrospect Express.
>> 
>> The bug will cause the drive to intermittently return error 100 (illegal
>> command) when used with Retrospect on slower Macintosh and PC models. We
>> have some suggestions to try to work around this problem: use a faster
>> backup computer if there is one available, or try to increase the data
>> rate
>> by disabling software compression and minimizing external activity during
>> backup.
>> 
>> Though you can make Retrospect recognize this drive by purchasing an
>> upgrade
>> to Retrospect 4.2, you may see the error when backing up to this drive on
>> your Mac. The only computers I have not seen this error occur on are Power
>> Mac G3s and G4s, though even these fast machines are not guaranteed to
>> work
>> correctly with the drive.
>> 
>> We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you. You have been added
>> to our list of customers with this problem and will be notified when newer
>> firmware from Yamaha is available. We're hoping to receive a resolution to
>> this soon!
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Matthew Tevenan
>> Technical Support Specialist
>> Dantz Development Corporation
>> 925.253.3050 
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: Retrospect and Yamaha 6416S CD-RW drive

[PetersJB]

I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I too have heard from Yamaha (Tom
Bailey, 1/31/2000) that "Dantz Software is testing the firmware update."
Unless I missed something Neither Matthew Tevenan nor other Dantz
spokesperson has indicated this to be the case.  Of course they haven't said
it's BS either.

I guess I'd like to ask if Dantz can indicate if there's any truth to the
statement made by Tom Bailey.  Even if Dantz isn't responsible for the
performance of the drive, has Yamaha provided a firmware update for testing?


Brooks Peters(301) 227-1243 (voice)
NSWC - Carderock Division(301) 227-5930 (fax)
Code 5500 (Bldg. 18, Rm. 127)mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
9500 MacArthur Blvd.
West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700


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> From: Matthew Tevenan
> Reply To: retro-talk
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 11:33 AM
> To:   retro-talk
> Subject:  Re: Retrospect and Yamaha 6416S CD-RW drive
> 
> Moe,
> 
> Dantz has verified that there is a bug in the firmware of the Yamaha 6416
> CD-RW drive. While we have notified Yamaha of this bug, until Yamaha
> releases a fix for this problem, we can no longer officially support
> backup
> to the Yamaha 6416 CD-RW drive with Retrospect or Retrospect Express.
> 
> The bug will cause the drive to intermittently return error 100 (illegal
> command) when used with Retrospect on slower Macintosh and PC models. We
> have some suggestions to try to work around this problem: use a faster
> backup computer if there is one available, or try to increase the data
> rate
> by disabling software compression and minimizing external activity during
> backup.
> 
> Though you can make Retrospect recognize this drive by purchasing an
> upgrade
> to Retrospect 4.2, you may see the error when backing up to this drive on
> your Mac. The only computers I have not seen this error occur on are Power
> Mac G3s and G4s, though even these fast machines are not guaranteed to
> work
> correctly with the drive.
> 
> We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you. You have been added
> to our list of customers with this problem and will be notified when newer
> firmware from Yamaha is available. We're hoping to receive a resolution to
> this soon!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Matthew Tevenan
> Technical Support Specialist
> Dantz Development Corporation
> 925.253.3050 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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