Stephen wrote:
> Michael Hendry wrote:
>> Evans wrote:
>>> Our practice managers PC died this week when she was on holiday...
>>> We looked for her backup (accounts, leaflets, rotas, staff letters
>>> etc etc) & couldnt find it.....
>
>> My policy (before my recent retirement!) was to have nothing but
>> program files on desktop PCs, but to store accounts, minutes, staff
>> records, word processor templates etc. on our main server, which is
>> fully backed up on a daily basis. This way the death of any
>> workstation is no great problem, and
>
> We do the same but an alternative is to ensure that the
> backup program on the server can access and backup important
> data on workstations at the same time as it backs up the
> server itself. This is only practical for a small number of
> your workstations, but may be particularly useful for any
> workstations running additional server-type software where
> running this on the server is not recommended (Bcc-ing this
> to remind myself to institute this, as we moved our practice
> intranet off the clinical server recently...).
Our server backup takes place outside normal working hours, as the process
involves shutting down SQL Server so that its files can be backed up
directly (as opposed to the use of SQL Server's own backup method, which can
take place while the database is in use). Workstations are generally shut
down at the end of the working day - think of the ozone layer!
Michael
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