Comments on: Backup and recovery http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/06/18/backup-and-recovery/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Blaise F Egan http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/06/18/backup-and-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-19537 Blaise F Egan Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:01:38 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2504#comment-19537 >But I have no idea how to restore my ibook from them. I would try restoring just one small folder. It will get you used to the process. Ideally, in addition to your disk backup you would have a backup on one or more DVDs, stored outside your house. >But I have no idea how to restore my ibook from them.

I would try restoring just one small folder. It will get you used to the process. Ideally, in addition to your disk backup you would have a backup on one or more DVDs, stored outside your house.

]]> By: John http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/06/18/backup-and-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-19535 John Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:01:29 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2504#comment-19535 Sue, You could run a virtual machine on your laptop, so that you effectively have two computers. You could restore the backup of your real computer to your virtual computer. Sue, You could run a virtual machine on your laptop, so that you effectively have two computers. You could restore the backup of your real computer to your virtual computer.

]]> By: Sue VanHattum http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/06/18/backup-and-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-19534 Sue VanHattum Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:25:37 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2504#comment-19534 Hi John, Is there any way for one person on a laptop to rehearse? I'm working on a book, so I'm finally taking backing up more seriously. I have two external hard drives, and I'm trying to get myself to backup (using SuperDuper) weekly. But I have no idea how to restore my ibook from them. And I sure wouldn't want to try it if it might mess up my computer. Hi John,

Is there any way for one person on a laptop to rehearse? I’m working on a book, so I’m finally taking backing up more seriously. I have two external hard drives, and I’m trying to get myself to backup (using SuperDuper) weekly. But I have no idea how to restore my ibook from them. And I sure wouldn’t want to try it if it might mess up my computer.

]]> By: Steve http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/06/18/backup-and-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-19523 Steve Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:41:43 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2504#comment-19523 This is one of my big pet peeves. I used to force my networking group to rebuild the exchange (email) server from a backup one a quarter to prove that they could. Why once a quarter? Go try it. :-) Thank heaven for hosted exchange servers (well, sort of). To further your point a bit, I believe there is also opportunity for corrective allocation -- using existing hardware resources where they are needed most. This is especially important for growing companies that may inadvertently trip over size limitations or complexities they did not realize were there. This is one of my big pet peeves. I used to force my networking group to rebuild the exchange (email) server from a backup one a quarter to prove that they could. Why once a quarter? Go try it. :-) Thank heaven for hosted exchange servers (well, sort of).

To further your point a bit, I believe there is also opportunity for corrective allocation — using existing hardware resources where they are needed most. This is especially important for growing companies that may inadvertently trip over size limitations or complexities they did not realize were there.

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