Re: Eaglesoft Questions ...... yo Steve!
- From: "Dr Steve" <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:47:58 GMT
Images cannot be compressed on a back-up and databases will go over 20 GB
after a few years of use, sooner if you digitize PanX and CephX. Cd and DVD
back-up is not adequate unless you still keep paper and film charts.
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Stephen [What's a Temporary?], D.D.S.
Michigan, USA
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"billkatz" <billthekat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> As an economy measure, we've been offering dual layer DVD burners and
> media for backups lately. Dual layer discs hold 8.5GB uncompressed;
> about 16GB compressed. Media is costing about $8.00 a pop and cheaper
> if you shop around. A good burner dual layer burner can be obtained for
> less that $100.00
>
> Note: I prefer to use a good backup program with DAT tapes and a
> something like Veritas Backup Exec, but one can make good backups
> without a lot of expense.
>
> Anywayâ?¦ Here goesâ?¦ You can find all these files via Google.
>
> InCD is a packet writing software that formats DVDRW discs and turns
> them into 8.5GB floppies. It is written by Ahead.de (Nero) but can be
> downloaded from many sources and is fairly straight forward to use.
> Wzzip is a command line utility for Winzip. Itâ??s free for registered
> users of Winzip. Windowsâ?? task scheduler can be programmed to load
> and execute programs and batch files at set times and dates. Task
> scheduler is located in the Control Panel in Windows 2000 and XP.
>
> Create a file called daily.bat and save it on your computerâ??s hard
> drive. Cut and paste the following into it:
>
>
> <snip>
>
> REM - check to see if there is a failsafe folder on the hard drive,
> create if needed
>
> If not exist c:\backups md c:\backups
>
> REM â?? remove old failsafe backup from the hard drive
>
> If exist c:\backups\backup.zip del c:\backups\backup.zip
>
> REM â?? copy existing backup from DVD to hard drive as failsafe
>
> If exist d:\backup.zip copy d:\backup.zip c:\backups /v
>
> REM â?? delete the backup off the DVD
>
> If exist d:\backup.zip del d:\backup.zip
>
> REM stop the Eaglesoft server
>
> c:\progra~1\eaglesoft\shared~1\dbstop -y -c
> "uid=DBA;pwd=SQL;eng=EAGLESOFT"
>
> REM - load Winzip command line and create backup on DVD with full
> compression, recursive, blah, blah
>
> c:\progra~1\winzip\wzzip â??whs â??f â??ex â??rp d:\backup.zip
> c:\progra~1\eaglesoft\shared~1\dental.*
>
> REM â?? the backup is complete, shut down the computer
>
> REM â?? download Wizmo from Steve Gibson if you want to eject the CD
> before shutdown
>
> shutdown â??s
>
> <snip>
>
>
>
> Create a job in the task scheduler to load this batch file after
> closing. Itâ??ll do the backup and shut down the computer after itâ??s
> done.
>
> -B
>
>
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