http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2011-when-backups-fail.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2011-when-backups-fail.html/comment-page-1#comment-153165 Gary Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:37:07 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2011-when-backups-fail.html#comment-153165 This has been a consistent problem of IT in general through the ages, even back to the days of the old tape backups. Fact is most companies do regular backups. Fact is also that most companies never actually try and restore any of those backups to check the process, only in the event of a catastrophe which is when they find there is either a problem with the process, the media or the backup job. This has been a consistent problem of IT in general through the ages, even back to the days of the old tape backups. Fact is most companies do regular backups. Fact is also that most companies never actually try and restore any of those backups to check the process, only in the event of a catastrophe which is when they find there is either a problem with the process, the media or the backup job.

]]> http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2011-when-backups-fail.html/comment-page-1#comment-152737 Brian Lyttle Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:09:58 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2011-when-backups-fail.html#comment-152737 I don't think you should be leaving backup to anyone else. It's as important to ensure the integrity of your backups as your primary database (or other servers). If you can automate your backup process to make offsite backups, then why not automatically restore those backup in another environment? With the cost of 'machines' going down with the virtualisation and the cloud, surely this is going to offer further protection in a lot of cases. I don’t think you should be leaving backup to anyone else. It’s as important to ensure the integrity of your backups as your primary database (or other servers). If you can automate your backup process to make offsite backups, then why not automatically restore those backup in another environment? With the cost of ‘machines’ going down with the virtualisation and the cloud, surely this is going to offer further protection in a lot of cases.

]]> http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2011-when-backups-fail.html/comment-page-1#comment-152719 Craig Stuntz Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:11:12 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2011-when-backups-fail.html#comment-152719 Doing a salesforce backup which doesn't depend on salesforce is no trivial matter. There are products which do it, sort of, but they seem to be more o" an "export" than a backup per se. Doing a salesforce backup which doesn’t depend on salesforce is no trivial matter. There are products which do it, sort of, but they seem to be more o” an “export” than a backup per se.

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