Re: Windows 7 backup -- PCTECH

It seems a shame to have all of those backups and not restored anything for a specific date/time. What you need is a disaster/recovery test.

Dave PArnin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2:22:34 PM
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Windows 7 backup

Heh. I got to thinking about it a bit. The network location I'm backing
up all the workstations to is on a server that is backed up to tape every
night, several hours after the workstation backups complete. Each
workstation therefore has 5 backups on the server. That server backup is
on a 2-week tape rotation.

That means each workstation has 5 backup copies on each of 10 tapes. Fifty
total. <slaps forehead> Why do I need that? I could just do the same
sync up backup every night to that server. Only 1 copy on the server means
I would still have 10 copies on tape. Will take longer if/when I need to
restore a file, but I haven't needed to yet.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Dave Parnin <dpcoke@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think that you will be happy with it. If nothing else, it will get you
a backup while you're looking for something better and the price is right.

The one thing that I got to thinking about was your requirement to have
multiple copies of the backup. You could set up multiple jobs going to
multiple folders with each running on a different day. If you're just
doing a sync (as opposed to a full copy) it takes a lot less time. It
would be interesting to see how that works with multiple copies of the
backup. Have fun.

Dave Parnin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) Users" <
pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 1:50:09 PM
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Windows 7 backup

I downloaded and installed it. Going to give it a try for the next few
days.

It looks promising, thanks.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Dave Parnin <dpcoke@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I use Syncback (http://www.2brightsparks.com/). They have several
versions--freeware, pro, etc. You can copy or synchronize with options

to

base it on the source or target folder. It also has a scheduler. I use

it

with both my Drobo mass-storage device and Google Drive, for things that

I

want to have accessible wherever I go.

Works well.

Dave Parnin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 7:47:10 AM
Subject: [PCTECH] Windows 7 backup

All,

Just installed a Win 7 Pro desktop (first Win 7 desktop, though we have
several Win 7 laptops)

I don't like the backup that comes with Win 7. What freeware backup are
some of you using? I want to back up 1) to a file server on the network,
2) on a set schedule at night, 3) keeping X number of copies and then
overwriting.

Thanks.

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Jeff Crosby
VP Information Systems
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

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P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

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