Server Backups

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Fs.

I'm using Syncback but having a couple of small problems.
I used Cobian a while ago (and have forgotten why I didn't go with that)
but wondered what other site backup software there might be.
Thanks
Fs.
 
I dont understand. Why dont you just download the site with FTP and burn it
on a cd?

Doesnt your site have a backup file generator that saves it in TAR format?
 
John said:
I dont understand. Why dont you just download the site with FTP and burn it
on a cd?

Doesnt your site have a backup file generator that saves it in TAR format?
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I could do that but I prefer incremental backing up as that - for me -
is more efficient. Once they are all done on one drive I copy to a
second drive and I archive to DVD.

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Fs. said:
I'm using Syncback but having a couple of small problems.
I used Cobian a while ago (and have forgotten why I didn't go with
that) but wondered what other site backup software there might be.
Thanks Fs.
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Right now I'm using Karen's Replicator and Netdrive. Netdrive is a
service that allows making an FTP site a mapped drive. I must use FTP
to back up my server to a Mass Storage site at work and I have found
this combination to work best.

I was using Cobian Backup for a while but the problem there was I
either had to backup individual files to FTP which took days or zip it
all up in one file and replace the entire previous uploaded backup.
 
in XP there are WEBFOLDERS that work like netdrive and are a part of the OS.

I used to have netdrive but webfolders is actually the same...
 
in XP there are WEBFOLDERS that work like netdrive and are a part of the OS.

I used to have netdrive but webfolders is actually the same...
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No, it's not. WebFolders relies on the server running Microsoft's IIS
and supporting WebDAV, or it must implement WEC and Front Page
extensions. In other words, it's another Microsoft non-standard thing.
Only if your host (server) is configured to support it will WebFolders
do you any good.

My experience is that webfolders support is pretty rare among
servers, but that just could be my small sample of the universe.

Netdrive uses standard FTP to communicate with the server, so it works
with any server implementation.

Terry
 
John said:
in XP there are WEBFOLDERS that work like netdrive and are a part of
the OS.

I used to have netdrive but webfolders is actually the same...
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Not according to MS Help and Support:
Using Web Folders to view and transfer files, folders, and other
information to a Web server offers you a more secure computing
experience.
If a Web server supports the SSL protocol, the Internet address for the
server will begin with https:// instead of http://.

It seems to me the remote server uses http: protocol and this is not
the same as ftp: protocol. Besides the remote backup storage is not a
web server.
 
John said:
Ok forget web folders.. even though most servers have frontpage
extensions if you eneble them, some might not want to.. therefore:

take a look at this screenshot

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3445/wizard0zd.jpg
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I tried your method and it appears you cannot make an FTP site a mapped
drive. Please direct me to the instructions necessary to accomplish
what Netdrive does. I'd be glad to use native OS software to replace
Netdrive if it works.
 
badgolferman said:
Fs., 4/23/2006,5:54:16 PM, wrote:
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I was using Cobian Backup for a while but the problem there was I
either had to backup individual files to FTP which took days or zip it
all up in one file and replace the entire previous uploaded backup.
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Can I ask you why you dien't use incremental backups?
 
Well you follow the wizard, and when it asks for your ftp address you enter
it in the form of:

ftp://username:p[email protected] so that it will log on
automatically, the wizard then asks you
where to place the folder and you choose a location on your drive

I dont know if this way helps you, if you have frontpage extensions enabled,
that
gives you an entry in my network places, so you can map a drive to a folder
in the remote location if you want....

take a look at an FTP folder
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2900/ftpfolder4vn.jpg

and a web folder http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2656/webfolder2xv.jpg
 
Luis said:
Can I ask you why you dien't use incremental backups?
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I think it was because there were thousands of files and it took a very
long time for it to check the time stamps on the remote server. This
was the Cobian Backup 5x version.

I'd just as soon return to your program since it was rather reliable.
Perhaps it was a configuration error on my part. Do you have any
suggestions on how I should set it up? Will Cobian Backup do
incremental backups to a FTP file on a remote server or must it be to
individual file/folders?
 
I think it was because there were thousands of files and it took a very
long time for it to check the time stamps on the remote server. This
was the Cobian Backup 5x version.
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Oh, 5x, you mean that was 3 years ago? :-)

After v6 the incremental check is done using the file archive attribute bit
so there is no need to check the server for the timestamps and the backup
begins directly and takes way less time too.

Regards
 
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