A TIP on management/storage of RBE Catalogs

[jd91651]

Hi,

 

 

 

Through a recent (bad) experience I have come up with a method that I intend

 

to use in storing and managing the RBE Backup Set Catalogs.

 

Since I use CD-R for a backup media/device and only two pc's to do it on (both seperately)

 

it is geared with that in mind

 

Never-the-less I'm sure that given some thought a similar methodology could be imployed

 

by a larger environment.

 

 

 

Basically, I had to do a DRecovery. My catalogs were on the disk that needed restoring

 

and were lost. It took 1hour and 10 min. to reconstruct the 20 mg catalog from 9 cd-r's

 

using a 40x yamaha cd-rw. OUCH, that's adding insult to injury.

 

 

 

Here's my plan now.

 

1. Store them in their own folder where they are easy to get to (ie RBECatalogs)

 

(where did I put that catalog . . .)

 

2. If you have more than one disk or partition on the same disk then store them on

 

a partition/disk other than C: (or whatever drive you boot from). If you have to format

 

as I did they will still be on the other disk.

 

3. Most important of all, Create a backup set and only backup this one folder in it!

 

Nothing else! Do this even if you also back it up in another backup set.

 

4. Everytime you update your other backup sets for the system, insert the backup

 

set for this RBECatalogs folder and do it LAST.

 

 

 

I surmise that,

 

generally the catalogs will be on another disk than the one that needs restoring.

 

If not then there is a likely hood that they can be restored from the CD-R first and then used

 

to restore the rest.

 

Worst case is you are no worse off than not having them at all and having to reconstruct the

 

backup set.

 

A CD-R only costs 25-50 cents. I drank three times that in coke waiting for the

 

reconstruction.

 

 

 

Now then if anyone sees any pitfalls let us all know

 

thanks,

 

 

[lv2ski]

Actually this is great information for people.

 

 

 

Yes - keeping a copy of the backupsets is a good idea.

 

 

 

Or yes - you will be waiting along time to reconstruct the backupset.

 

 

 

Thanks for this posting!