ShaneBanks Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 We currently do disk to disk backups of around 150GB (Servers, Exchange, SQL) and would like to utilize USB drives for offsite storage. We would like to use a rotation where a backup is transfered to the USB1 and then it is taken offsite and then a backup is transfered to USB2 and then USB1 is recycled. Does anyone have a similar configuration or suggestions on how to set this up properly? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 USB hard disks are very popular storage devices. See http://kb.dantz.com/article.asp?article=8020&p=2 Replace the tape part in the document with a hard disk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Darrah Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Robin - Thanks for the link but it did not connect - would you try again? We have about 150 GB of info on a NAS and would like to alternate backing up to two 500 GB fire wire disks. One always stored off site. Like to back up the NAS each week without having each FW disk erased each time it is swapped with the off site disk. Anyone know if this this is possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 The link is working for me. It is a KB doc with a PDF, so make sure the browser doesn't block pdf content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Darrah Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Thanks Robin - I was just able to download and open it. Now to see it it covers backing on 2 FW disks without erasing each time it is swapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Darrah Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Robin – I have read thru your link booklet and do not see how I can use two fire wire disks for incremental back ups. Is it possible to swap the two disks without having to do an erase and full back up for each swap and if so how do it do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 You just create a different backup set for each backup disk and schedule it to use the disk on the specific days. Tech support can help you with the setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Darrah Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Naw - that is too simple! :-) And too obvious - I should have thought of that. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertdana Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Although you can schedule explicitly which backup set is used on which day, this can be fragile... if a drive doesn't get swapped at the right time due to a vacation / holiday / illness / etc... then the backups will start failing. There's a better way... since you are posting in the Server forum I presume you can use "proactive backup". If you create a proactive backup script and add both backup sets to it simultaneously, the server will *automatically* use whichever one is attached. That way if your disk-swapping schedule gets off, the system will always "do the right thing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Darrah Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Dynamite! THANK YOU for taking the time to post the idea – that is exactly what I was hoping for, and will start working on it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Darrah Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 H’mmm, maybe I got excited too quickly. I am running Mac Retrospect V6.123 on a separate Mac whose sole job is to back up a 500gb NAS. Since reading your suggestion I have been looking for “proactive backup script†information without any luck. While not a Mac newbie I sure am a Retro newbie and the only proactive backup info that I have found either in the manual or searching the forums is windows based. This may be a dumb question, but is there a proactive backup script for Macs? IF so where do I find info on how to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 The Mac calls it backup server in the script section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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