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Re: Home Machine Megan Forbes16-Jun-03 23:33 Megan Forbes 16-Jun-03 23:33  Nick Seng wrote: Just curious, how many of you back up your non-dev machine? I back up my photo's onto (multiple) cd's Other than that, everything is either on my work server, or the server which hosts my (currently out of action) site. $500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well Tape... Anders Molin16-Jun-03 13:27 Anders Molin 16-Jun-03 13:27  All my source is in a VSS database which resides on my server. I have an HP DAT Streamer which makes almost daily backup of my VSS DB, my Exchange Server and all files I would not like to loose. Every now and then I burn all my work on a DVD, and places that DVD at my brothers house, just in case of theft or fire... I would not like to loose all my work, there are several years of source and other stuff. - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" Pr0n! Daniel Turini16-Jun-03 8:05 Daniel Turini 16-Jun-03 8:05  Here and there, we run a check on all of our staff machines to check if everything is either in CVS (did it take work to do? Goes to CVS) or in our backup server (copy there, and overnight it is tape backuped). Reecently, we found that the most valuable asset that would be lost is the pr0n collection from a guy here... ORACLE One Real A$#h%le Called Lary Ellison Data Recovery Miracles Richard Day16-Jun-03 4:54 Richard Day 16-Jun-03 4:54  I had a customer for whom I've written a MSSQL/.NET app for. The IT guy called to say they were getting some funny errors. When I checked it out, every table I came to seemed to be empty! While I was trying to work it out, the IT guy called back and said, I think I may have deleted the database. Somehow he had dropped every table in the database! Good news was they were using the full recovery model. I had to back up the transaction log, restore last nights backup then restore the transaction log to a point in time 1 minute before the tables were dropped. Miraculously it worked! Needless to say he was rather pleased!!! Dave Brian Delahunty16-Jun-03 4:21 Brian Delahunty 16-Jun-03 4:21  Do what exactly did Dave do that inspired this? Regards, Brian Dela Re: Dave Chris Maunder16-Jun-03 14:38 Chris Maunder 16-Jun-03 14:38  I'm not sure I should tell tales out of school cheers, Chris Maunder Re: Dave Brian Delahunty16-Jun-03 22:54 Brian Delahunty 16-Jun-03 22:54  Chris Maunder wrote: I'm not sure I should tell tales out of school ... Pity.. Regards, Brian Dela Re: Dave Shog916-Jun-03 16:43 Shog9 16-Jun-03 16:43  Brian Delahunty wrote: Do what exactly did Dave do that inspired this? Well, i have no first- or second-hand knowledge of this situation, nor am i terribly familiar with David's behavior. However, i think we can reconstruct a reasonable idea of what happened based on what little is known. Facts: Dave is Canadian. Dave is a Big Man at Dundas Software. John Candy was also Canadian, and also was a Big Man. With these truths in mind, i propose the following occured: Dave, arms full of Dundas Software Backups and Labat Blue, was driving (his dogsled) home from the office. Suddenly, a pack of wild wolves attacked, hungry for beer and customizable software components. The wolves quickly devoured Dave's trusty dogsled team, and all seemed as if it would be lost. But thinking quickly, David fashioned a life-sided John Candy figure out of snow and gravel and the lock of John's hair all True Canuks carry with them at all times. While the wolves dulled their teeth on the enormous statue, Dave was able to sneak away, and make for the shelter of the local RCMP. Though badly bitten by Wolf and Frost, David was thus able to save the precious Software. Sounds plausible, don't it? Shog9 drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds... Re: Dave Ryan Binns16-Jun-03 18:14 Ryan Binns 16-Jun-03 18:14  Shog9 wrote: Sounds plausible, don't it? Absolutely Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge) Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact" Re: Dave Brian Delahunty16-Jun-03 22:53 Brian Delahunty 16-Jun-03 22:53  ROTFLMAO... Nice one Josh Regards, Brian Dela Re: Dave Matt Newman17-Jun-03 7:21 Matt Newman 17-Jun-03 7:21  Shog9 wrote: Facts: Dave is Canadian. Dave is a Big Man at Dundas Software. John Candy was also Canadian, and also was a Big Man. Matt Newman Re: Dave David Cunningham18-Jun-03 5:58 David Cunningham 18-Jun-03 5:58  You sir are a very bad man. David Re: Dave Anonymous21-Jun-03 9:37 Anonymous 21-Jun-03 9:37  If somehow a Martian could be fitted somewhere,this could be real news! Re: Dave Chris Meech17-Jun-03 6:53 Chris Meech 17-Jun-03 6:53  If only his name was Doug. We could probably do a and :doug: skit. Hoser's of the world stand up and raise your beer and donuts. Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "And when you need to hire a programmer to do mostly VB programming, it's not good enough to hire a VB programmer, because they will get completely stuck in tar every time the VB abstraction leaks." Joel on Software Nov 11, 2002. Re: Dave Roger Wright17-Jun-03 7:24 Roger Wright 17-Jun-03 7:24  Chris Meech wrote: beer and donuts. The Breakfast of Champions! "The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb; but the Lamb will not get much sleep..." Lazarus Long CVS Rob Caldecott15-Jun-03 21:44 Rob Caldecott 15-Jun-03 21:44  All my important (work) data is on a Unix based CVS server which is backed up nightly with copies of the tapes being stored off-site. I have one current project which has yet to be added to the Unix repository (I use a local CVS repository) which I FTP to a backup folder on our Unix box when I am in the office. Ditto for my email messages (I have mailboxes going back to 1997 for some reason). Hence, if my laptop goes titsup.com then I might lose a few hours work at most. Thnaks to the joys of ADSL/VPN, even when at home I make sure I copy my local CVS store to a central server just in case my laptop gets dropped/stolen. I would spend more time re-installing my local apps (Visual Studio, etc.) then I would recovering lost code. My biggest worry would be losing all my MP3s! I am considering investing in a portable backup drive for this reason (my boss wouldn't be too pleased if I uploaded 10GB of MP3s onto one of our central servers!). When I am king, you will be first against the wall. Re: CVS Giles16-Jun-03 10:36 Giles 16-Jun-03 10:36  As an asside, what VPN software do you use? "Je pense, donc je mange." - Rene Descartes 1689 - Just before his mother put his tea on the table. Shameless Plug - Distributed Database Transactions in .NET using COM+ Re: CVS Rob Caldecott17-Jun-03 2:54 Rob Caldecott 17-Jun-03 2:54  The client software is the Cisco Systems VPN Client. Seems to work a treat (I have one of those code-generator key fobs which I use via a PIN to obtain the password). When I am king, you will be first against the wall. Re: CVS Tim Lesher17-Jun-03 2:49 Tim Lesher 17-Jun-03 2:49  Indeed... CVS is Just Done Right. No odd database dependencies, no weird formats, zero data corruption. Want to back up the repository? tar/gzip (or winzip, depending on your platform). Tim Lesher <tim@lesher.ws> www.lesher.ws WinDev: the Windows Developers' Mailing List Re: CVS Matt Newman17-Jun-03 7:26 Matt Newman 17-Jun-03 7:26  Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: my boss wouldn't be too pleased if I uploaded 10GB of MP3s onto one of our central servers!). I can't imagine why Matt Newman Post best viewed with lynx It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! Shog915-Jun-03 20:09 Shog9 15-Jun-03 20:09  My data's lost? AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! Oddly enough, this happened to me recently, after i accidentally left out a check for an empty path in a recursive delete routine. Those lost were small among the ranks of files, but will be missed just the same. Shog9 drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds... Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! SimonS15-Jun-03 20:59 SimonS 15-Jun-03 20:59  There we go. It's proven once again. Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together. Cheers, Simon "I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken.", Bruce Eckel on interviewing programmers. animation mechanics in SVG       (my first abstract photo)  Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! Maximilian Hänel16-Jun-03 8:31 Maximilian Hänel 16-Jun-03 8:31  SimonS wrote: Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together. ROFLMAO! It's in my sig now "Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together" SimonS, CPian Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! SimonS16-Jun-03 8:35 SimonS 16-Jun-03 8:35  And you weren't kidding! Sweet! SimonS, CPian <--- I should use that as my email name too. Much better than SimonS, MBE or SimonS, Esq. Cheers, Simon "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead.", Jackie Chan on career choices. animation mechanics in SVG (my first abstract photo) Re: It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer! Maximilian Hänel16-Jun-03 8:42 Maximilian Hänel 16-Jun-03 8:42  SimonS wrote: And you weren't kidding! SimonS wrote: SimonS, CPian <--- I should use that as my email name too. Well, that's why I used this name in the sig. So I don't need to change it again cu Max "Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together" SimonS, CPian

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