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

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

In my XServ I have connected a firewire cable to the internal firewire
connector and it works :-)

ggt667

On 8/9/07, Troy Meyers <tcmeyers at troymeyers.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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