Re: granular backup question

From: John Smith (na_at_na.com)
Date: 12/06/04


Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 23:15:03 -0700

If I add it as a network place what path would I use from robocopy?

"James B" <nospam@here.com> wrote in message
news:Y2usd.14272$8S5.1491414@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> Try adding it as a Network place instead of browsing to it. Also make sure
> WebClient service is running. If you've got DNS working right you should
> get
> a user/pass prompt and there ya go.
>
>
> "John Smith" <na@na.com> wrote in message
> news:OyoyArZ2EHA.824@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> the root site work.domain.local in is the "Local" IE group and if I
>> browse
>> to it via the web it works and shows that the site is local intranet but
> the
>> same error happneds with I try to "map" a drive
>>
>> "pjwulf" <pjwulf@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:OPphHbY2EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > Is Internet Enhance Security Enabled? If so, try it with it turn-off.
>> > "John Smith" <na@na.com> wrote in message
>> > news:%23PbQ5kW2EHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> >> interesting if I try to map a drive from another win2003 server it
> gives
>> >> the same error... again I can access the website just fine but if I
>> >> try
>> >> to map a drive it dosn't work... works from XP... I could run robocopy
>> >> from there but it's odd that it won't work from any of my servers no,
> esp
>> >> the WSS server?
>> >>
>> >> "pjwulf" <pjwulf@msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:ulPdvTS2EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> >>>
>> >>> Using Explorer open to a WSS Site. (\\server1\site1). This gives you
>> >>> a
>> >>> look at the WSS structure, from here you can navigate to the folder
> with
>> >>> your docs. You can then map drives to the folder (just did
> it..worked).
>> >>>
>> >>> From here you can run robocopy.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> "John Smith" <na@na.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:%23R0hVEK2EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >>>> trying to use robocopy and it seams I can't map any network drives
>> >>>> to
>> >>>> sharepoint sites on the WSS server. is that a server2003 security
>> >>>> thing? I think to use robocopy you need to have a drive mapped to
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> doc lib you want to copy but I can't do that... I get a "The Drive
>> >>>> could not be mapped because no network was found" I can access the
>> >>>> sites from the web interface. How would I go about using robocopy if
> I
>> >>>> can't map drives... Is that normal? thanks
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "John Smith" <na@na.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> news:uZfmi2H2EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >>>>> Interesting so you could have robocopy set on the server to backup
>> >>>>> a
>> >>>>> document lib by accessing it through the file system? Interesting I
>> >>>>> hadn't thought of that but I think I like that option, because I
> only
>> >>>>> need to do certain folders that are very important not the full
>> >>>>> site
>> >>>>> in every case.... I guess there are no problems using robocopy...
>> >>>>> that's cool
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> "Christian" <Christian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>> news:F07B79E3-B1D4-4E29-9BF9-3329B795CC6F@microsoft.com...
>> >>>>>> Smigrate is definitivly a good option. Another tip is to set up a
>> >>>>>> tool called
>> >>>>>> Robocopy. It can copy files or folders. And then you can use your
>> >>>>>> regular
>> >>>>>> file backup tool to backup the folder/harddrive where robocopy
> saves
>> >>>>>> your
>> >>>>>> files.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Christian
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> "pjwulf" wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> The smigrate is your best bet. As you described below recovering
> to
>> >>>>>>> \work1
>> >>>>>>> and then transferring the lost document. Follow the standard
>> >>>>>>> procedure to
>> >>>>>>> create a site WITHOUT a template assigned,
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Below are the two GUI SMIGRATE TOOLS I use for backups and
> restores.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> For Backups: Use the Smigrate GUI Tool for backups.
>> >>>>>>> http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2004/02/24/79135.aspx
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> or
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> http://msmvps.com/anguslogan/archive/2004/11/27/20980.aspx
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> This one provides a better process for restores.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> For Restores:
>> >>>>>>> http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2004/02/24/79135.aspx
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> "John Smith" <na@na.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>>>> news:O8CKUfB2EHA.3840@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >>>>>>> >I have had a few lost documents and am trying to figure out the
>> >>>>>>> >easiest way
>> >>>>>>> >to recover signal documents without the need to recover the
>> >>>>>>> >whole
>> >>>>>>> >site. I
>> >>>>>>> >had a users Word crash today while a sharepoint document was
>> >>>>>>> >open
>> >>>>>>> >and when
>> >>>>>>> >they rebooted the document was gone from the sharepoint site. I
>> >>>>>>> >can't have
>> >>>>>>> >this happen so I'm looking for a way to recover from this if it
>> >>>>>>> >happens
>> >>>>>>> >again.
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > I looked at the different recovery tools and the one that's
>> >>>>>>> > most
>> >>>>>>> > granular
>> >>>>>>> > it seams is the smigrate which allows me to backup a single
> site,
>> >>>>>>> > it take
>> >>>>>>> > a while but seams to work, if I ran this on my most important
>> >>>>>>> > sites lets
>> >>>>>>> > say every 3 hrs, I would then be able to hopefully recover any
>> >>>>>>> > files that
>> >>>>>>> > are lost. One question I had is can I use smigrate to recover
>> >>>>>>> > to
>> >>>>>>> > another
>> >>>>>>> > subsite, like if I'm backing up a subsite called \work and want
> to
>> >>>>>>> > just
>> >>>>>>> > recover one lost file if I smigrate the site back to lets say
>> >>>>>>> > \work1 and
>> >>>>>>> > then transfer the file back over would that work? Or can I only
>> >>>>>>> > recover
>> >>>>>>> > over the same site?
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > Thanks for any input on this
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