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Date:	Thu, 1 Aug 2002 16:00:29 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Drive Image Backups

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In <3D4928C4.4E544441@attglobal.net>, on 08/01/02
at 04:25 AM, Harry Chris Motin said:

>I once tried to save 2 sequencial backups to the same *.DAT container. On
>the second backup, Back Again 2000 stopped dead in its tracks. I believe

Sounds probable.

>the problem was that the *.DAT file became 2.1GB somewhere on the second
>backup and that was it. I did not investigate it thoroughly to find out,
>but I think that's why. I stopped trying to use a single *.DAT file for
>anything more than a single backup. No more problems after that.

I just keep track of the .dat size. I usually know about how much I'm
going to need.

>Peter can automate by dropping his backup catalogs into the scheduler.
>The scheduler will then start and complete his backups automatically, per
>his schedule. THE ONLY THING HE'LL HAVE TO DO IS CHANGE THE CATALOGS TO A
>DIFFERENT BACKUP FILE AND/OR PATH before the scheduler runs the next
>time!

There's a bit more to it if the backup sets are close to the 2GB limit.
Even so, the .bst's are text files and can easily be built on the fly and
passed to CLBACK for execution.

Steven

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