RE: Backup Questions

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From: Michael (Michael_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:35:04 -0800

One thing to always check, was the backup successful or not......I have heard
of people just changing the tape on a regular basis, but never checking to
see if all the files were backup'd.

Dont care much for USB drives though, or Firewire, have heard of them
getting disconnected improperly and all data being lost.... Best to go
internal

I actually back up my SQL to a seperate computer once a week, and the
primary database gets backed up every Friday. And I am using Backup Exec for
SBS, had too many problems with NT backup and a Travan Backup drive

"Michael Cook" wrote:

> what do you recommend. We have a 180gb usb drive that will be used for final
> production as another backup, but do you know of a better tape drive.
>
> thanks
>
>
>
> "dvw" wrote:
>
> > Don't be surprised if you start to have trouble with the Travan drive. I have
> > two clients using them and they are nothing but trouble, even though they
> > worked ok for a while.
> >
> > "Michael Cook" wrote:
> >
> > > I have taken out our DVD Ram drive that was specifically purchased for back
> > > up and done other things with it. I wish I had read here before the money
> > > was spent but "live and learn".
> > >
> > > I am using a Travan tape drive and SBS backup wizards. All is working fine.
> > > My server is Premium with ISA and SQL both installed. My question is does
> > > the SBS backup utility backup everything? Or do I need to configure the SQL,
> > > Exchange, etc.. Independently? My SQL is patient data and needs to be help
> > > for 10 years; I can’t afford to loose a single entry.
> > >
> > > If something goes wrong with my database do I have to restore the whole
> > > server or can I simply restore the database from the tape. Same for Exchange.
> > > Sorry for my ignorance. Thanks again for any help.
> > >
> > > Mike Cook
> > >

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