Re: ArcServe v9 backup question by Dave
Dave
Tue Mar 15 09:39:33 CST 2005
If you can write two batch files, one to stop his services and another to
restart them, you can then create a backup job for just that data. Go to
the Options, Pre/post tab. Set up the backup job to run the shutdown batch
file first, then the restart batch file after the backup completes. I
recommend creating a separate job for just this data, because the pre- batch
file runs at the beginning and post- runs at the end, so the programs will
be stopped for the whole time it takes the job to run.
I've done this successfully several times, so I know it works as you'd
expect, but you'll want to test it and closely monitor it for a few days
until you're sure it's working.
Good luck!
"Skc" <Skc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0EBFBCA4-2CA5-4EFE-B748-E963ED0BFD24@microsoft.com...
> Our problem is a client machine using dBase v5.7 and dBase for DOS. When
> the
> backups kick in, the user has two machines which contains the data and his
> program. It causes his program to crash.
>
> He has around 200GB of data on his machine, but only 20GB everyday is
> changed. So 80% of it still stays the same. Differential came to mind in
> this scenario.
>
> I did explain to him that the ArcServe BAOF and agents do not cater for
> dBase (they do make a SQL agent) but he won't listen.
>
> AGain, this only occurs when his dBase tables are open and ArcServe cannot
> back them up, as it comes up with the reason : "Already open...used by
> another process".
>
> THis is not possible is it?
>
> skc
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Incremental and differential both start with a full backup. After that,
>> incremental backups back up only what has changed since the last
>> incremental
>> backup. So, if you do a full backup on Sunday, then an incremental
>> backup
>> every day thereafter, let's say your server crashes on Thursday. You
>> restore Sunday (full), Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
>>
>> For differential backups, everything since the last FULL backup is backed
>> up
>> every day. So in the same scenario, you'd restore Sunday (full) and
>> Wednesday.
>>
>> If this is confusing, please see the incremental vs. differential help
>> topic
>> in Arcserve Help.
>>
>> Are you backing up client machines over the network? If so, that's
>> likely
>> why your backups are taking too long. If you can move data to the
>> server,
>> that would help. Also, if you can make sure the users put all important
>> data in My Docs and only back that up, that may speed up the process.
>>
>> I'm not sure whether or not you'd get better results with a newer version
>> of
>> Arcserve. Also, you might benefit from faster backup hardware,
>> particularly
>> if you're using Travan or DDS.
>>
>>
>> "Skc" <Skc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6A383CBC-44AD-4478-89A1-6AA46256319C@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I need to urgently know about differential backups and incremental
>> > backups.
>> >
>> > We are running SBS2000 and a member file server on our domain, which is
>> > clearly taking far too long to backup due to the capacity of it.
>> >
>> > We are running CA's ArcServe V9 with b/up agent for open files and
>> > client
>> > agents.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>