Re: TECH: Backing Up

[Dan Robinson <dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net>]

I'll add one more item to Carl's excellent advice. Test a backup. See
if you can really use what you've backed up.  If you change backup
programs or back up media, test again. See if you can restore
something.  As Carl has  shown, it's too late after a crash to find
that you can't use your backup.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com
dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net

On 28 Aug 99 at 9:21, Carl Dellutri wrote:

> Just passing on a warning:
>
> BACK UP YOUR LIBRARY DATA!!!!
> As I started the school year, one of our schools network servers
> froze.... mine.  It was the one with the Library automation program and
> the collection data.  It was also my web server.  It contained my
> website that I had been designing for over a two years.  All my lesson
> plans.... etc.  When the server was restarted, I was faced with am
> "unreadable disk error"
>
[snipped]

> Here are some tips to remember.
> 1. Have you own back up system
> 2. Copy your collection data on to a tape, or another computer on the
> network.
> 3. If you run your automation system off a network server, ask if the
> server's harddrive is partitioned.
>     This meand it is divided into a C drive and a D drive.  The
> operating system is on C and your data should be on D
>     This way, they can reformat the C drive if necessary, and your data
> remains untouched.
> 4. Back up at least every other Day
>
> --
> Carl Dellutri
> cdellutri@anacortes.k12.wa.us
> Librarian
> Mt. Erie Elementary School
> http://mte.anacortes.k12.wa.us
>

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