You probably have a backup strategy for the local files on your computer, but for a business operating a website, protecting the data on your website is just as -- if not more -- important. In cases ...

Backups are one of those jobs that look solved right up until they fail at the worst possible moment. For a long time, my ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

To run the backup program on a Server Core system, you can just use WBADMIN as you would (for example) in a script on a full server box, for example: wbadmin.exe start backup -backupTarget:servershare ...

For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...

Earlier this week, web site owners with sites hosted at a service called Cornerhost got a big scare: The service appeared to be closing without notice, and their owner was nowhere to be found.

Build a bash script that controls what, where, and when backups run. Schedule the executable backup.sh with cron and review logs and destination after runs. Test the script, use absolute paths to ...

A simple rsync script to back up your home directory Your email has been sent Backing up your files is a very important and very often neglected measure to save yourself the frustration of lost data.

Also keep in mind that a LaunchAgent will only run if a user is logged in. If you want this to run even when sitting at the login window, make a LaunchDaemon. It can be the same plist, just a matter ...

I'm curious to know how everyone here is managing server scripts across multiple servers. Before you jump with the obvious answer of subversion, CVS, etc... that is ...