backups

[Jack Coats]

When I worked for a data center, I was asked to test the backups we managed.
So depending on your contract, ask to have it tested, bring the server up
and try
to run the applications you have on them.  If they all work, the test is
passed, if not
the test fails.  But it should not disrupt your production servers.  The
management
company may want to charge for their service, and within reason it should be
considered a proper business expense.

I don't like 'black box' scenario's that I can't test either.  And it does
help my confidence
it I know what is 'behind the curtain'.

All backups are like insurance policies.  Both the customer and the provider
hope
they never have to be used.

><> ... Jack
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23



On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> Again, this setup is presently managed by my IT company, so I'm not sure
> what they do to restore them.  I can tell you that these are image based
> backups of the drive, not file level backups.  I'm also told that the
> images
> can be spun up so they can actually replace a failed server.  This solution
> is provided by Zenith.
>
> I am starting to completely distrust things i can't manage myself.  As a
> result I'm looking into another backup solution.
>
> I'm glad Ryan brought this subject up.
>
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
> >wrote:
>
> > On Dec 15, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
> > >
> > > Right now I have 5 Windows servers ( a mix of virtualized and
> physical).
> > > They all use an agent that take a snap shot every 15 minutes and stores
> > the
> > > snap shot on a dedicated server.  The server uploads the snapshots to a
> > > remote storage service off site.
> >
> > How do you restore these "backups"?  I put that in quotes because this
> > looks more like a data replication system than a backup system.
> >
> > --Rich P.
> >
> >
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