For some reason I was thinking I could make a backup script for each day of the week:

Monday backup

Tuessaday backup

etc.

And thought there would be a file called 'mydatabase-monday backup', 'mydatabase-tuesday backup', etc.

But I see each time FileMaker server 9 backs up the database, it just over-writes the old database.

Should I just create a single 'daily' backup?

Or is there a way to have Filemaker Server 9 make a backup of my database with a different name every time it backs up my database.

Thanks!

Create a daily backup into different folders for each day. Its a pain since you have to create each individual schedule, but its worth the effort. :

You can create a schedule, then duplicate and then edit it.

Steven

Yes but it still requires a very tedious effort. :

I recently discovered the same issue, after taking on a new project. I wrote an automator workflow to copy and rename the backup files to another folder on the hard drive, then make a copy of the files to an external drive, for a redundant backup. It eats up space quick, but I think I'm safe writing my weekly files to a DVD and deleting the backups.

FileMaker is scheduled to backup at 6am and 6pm daily.iCal and an applescript trigger the workflow at 11pm each night.

Be double dog sure that it is the [color:red]backup copy of the files and not the hosted files you are copying and moving.

Steven

Triple-Double-Hot-Dog guaranteed it is the backup files being copied. Live files are sacred. Thank you for checking on me, though.

Rich, would you be interested in sharing those scripts? Even if I have to edit them (and I will) it will save me some time.

Thanks