Re: Backing up Athena circulation on a network

[Elaine Willis <drewillis@PLANTTEL.NET>]

Call me paranoid, but I would want my own backup.  Also, who is to say that
the network backup will be anymore valid if someone has a search station
open than yours would be?

Elaine

L. Elaine Willis, EdD
Media Specialist
Irwin County Middle/High School
Ocilla, GA
drewillis@planttel.net (home)
ewillis@irwin.k12.ga.us (work)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Madeline L Buchanan" <mlbuchanan1@HOME.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:01 PM
Subject: Backing up Athena circulation on a network


> Last week my Athena was put on the network so that students could search
the
> library catalog in their classrooms (although as yet I have no computers
on
> the network that can be used as search stations, only old Windows 3.1
> computers with the cataloging backup on them -- have been promised
computers
> but haven't seen them yet.)  Yesterday when I tried to do my circulation
> backup, I got a error message saying that the backup couldn't be done if
the
> search module was open on a workstation.  I called our network technicians
> who said the entire system is backed up every night on tape and I
shouldn't
> have a problem but I can't stand not doing a backup myself.  He told me
that
> I would have to make sure that Athena on all workstations was shut down in
> order to do my own backup.  It is interesting that all of the classrooms
can
> get the catalog but I have no computer in which I can teach the students
how
> to use it.
>
> I am afraid the network would go down and I wouldn't have a backup to use
on
> a stand-alone and hand key in on the network later.  Our poor public
library
> circulation clerks were hand writing barcode numbers last weekend because
of
> network problems.  Can I trust the network or should I still do my daily
> backup of circulation and a cataloging backup whenever I change
information
> in the book database?
>
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> W. J. Christian School (K-8)
> Birmingham, Alabama  35206
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