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

[Jay Sayers]

I forgot to add the following ( very sorry to send to msgs):

If you are having difficulty backing up to ANY folder/directory other  
than the default backup folder, make sure you have the correct  
permissions set for fmserver:fmsadmin to read/write/execute

Jay

On Aug 9, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen  
<ggt667 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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