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OSX Server, any special considerations?
I am in the process of researching backup software and strategies for our Xserve.
Currently we have an Xserve with 80GB HardDrive which is only used for the system and application. Our data, which consists mostly of photos, and some Filemaker files are stored on an external LaCie F800 FW drive. We have several different users and share points. Based on what I have seen in your forums, there are some users who have installed SuperDuper on their servers. Are there any considerations or limitations when using SuperDuper with an Xserve and OSX Server? Will there be any issues with access privileges? Are there any special strategies for servers? How does your product compare to Restrospect Workgroupv6.1? Thank you |
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Apart from the obvious difference (namely, that Retrospect is generally used to create incremental backup "snapshots", rather than a full copy), the biggest thing to be aware of is that open databases cause problems for *all* backup programs. So, if you have those, you should use the Before/After copy "shell script" feature to checkpoint them.
This might not be an issue for you, but it's something to be considered. As with a non-server, it's best to make your copy when programs aren't in use. This is harder if the server is public, of course, but it's something to take into account. There shouldn't be any problems with privileges. Hope that helps!
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Hi Photo-Program
Ive been useing SD on my OSX 10.4.6 Server for a while now and have had no problems with check points etc, booting from the back up drive is seemless, all share points connect up with out issues. Budgie |
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You'd want to use "mysqldump" to dump the appropriate databases to a text file, then clean up the text files after the backup, Polarbear99.
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You'd use mysqldump to dump the data files wherever you'd like in the "Before" shell script. Those dumped files would be backed up during the regular copy operation. Then, in the "After" shell script, you'd delete the files you dumped to (which are the "text files", since a dump is ASCII -- unless, of course, you wanted to leave them around).
Does that help?
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