[FX.php List] Backing up to an external drive

[Troy Meyers]

Bob,

In my thread "Not a valid path - for scheduled backups" some others have said that backing up to an external drive does work. It _did_ work for me, at least until 5/27/2007, then after that it didn't, possibly because I installed SecUpd2007-005Univ.pkg on the 28th.

Also in the tread it was said that it was a NETWORK drive that couldn't be backed-up to.

-Troy


> My understanding has been that FM Server 8, and now 9, will not allow  
> backing up to other than an internal drive, but I could be wrong. I  
> don't remember where that information came from, but I *think* that I  
> got it straight from FileMaker, Inc., from a tech.
> 
> The best method that I've found for safe database deployment is a  
> RAID 5 on the machine (which I'm implementing sometime in the next  
> week) with backups to this RAID, and then pulling the backup sets off  
> to a remote computer, where I burn to DVD-R on a regular basis.
> 
> Is there ANYONE on this list who successfully makes scheduled backups  
> to other than the boot drive? Is your backup volume internal or  
> external (can't see how that would matter, just looking for clarity  
> here)?
> 
> Bob Patin