jvandy57
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
There have been many discussions on this forum about backing up software and what you use to do so. Read this and take note!
We backup the retail system on to a tape drive. Lifesaver backs up every day when we close. We used to have a UPS that would shut the system down after the nightly back up was complete, It broke. Powers that be (Here after refered to as THE MONEY) would not let me replace the UPS. I started doing the tape backup Saturday mornings when I first get to the shop. Saturday a week ago I stopped the backup because a customer came in early and wanted their order. Tuesday the Harddrive crashed. Last good backup Jan 12, 2002. We have spent through this saturday re entering data for a year. I could have driven to Chicago and had Disk Doctors recover the files I needed for a Minimum of $495 or as much as $2000.
Now I ask again DO YOU BACKUP! How often and do you verify that the backup is good.
Thought I would share this stupidity with all, because this shouldn't have happened to me, I know way better. BTW THE MONEY will now let me replace the UPS, imagine that!
We backup the retail system on to a tape drive. Lifesaver backs up every day when we close. We used to have a UPS that would shut the system down after the nightly back up was complete, It broke. Powers that be (Here after refered to as THE MONEY) would not let me replace the UPS. I started doing the tape backup Saturday mornings when I first get to the shop. Saturday a week ago I stopped the backup because a customer came in early and wanted their order. Tuesday the Harddrive crashed. Last good backup Jan 12, 2002. We have spent through this saturday re entering data for a year. I could have driven to Chicago and had Disk Doctors recover the files I needed for a Minimum of $495 or as much as $2000.
Now I ask again DO YOU BACKUP! How often and do you verify that the backup is good.
Thought I would share this stupidity with all, because this shouldn't have happened to me, I know way better. BTW THE MONEY will now let me replace the UPS, imagine that!