Newbies John1231 Posted January 12, 2009 Newbies Share Posted January 12, 2009 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_vodka Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 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. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H. Blackwell Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 You can create a schedule, then duplicate and then edit it. Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_vodka Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yes but it still requires a very tedious effort. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Willis Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H. Blackwell Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Willis Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Triple-Double-Hot-Dog guaranteed it is the backup files being copied. Live files are sacred. Thank you for checking on me, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies Mark Muse Posted February 12, 2009 Newbies Share Posted February 12, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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