If you need an irregular reminder to do backups, you can imagine me running ours as encouragement. :)
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@RussSharek I literally needed this reminder. Thanks! :)
@RussSharek And, don't forget to test that you can restore those backups!
@NormanDunbar @RussSharek
Always boost a reminder to do and check backups
Checks triple+ backups of @accordionnoir radio’s 26,000 #accordion song catalog and 20 year show archive
@AccordionBruce @NormanDunbar @accordionnoir
It was pointed out to me that checking the backups is the most important bit, after making them.
@RussSharek @AccordionBruce @accordionnoir Very much so. I was a DBA for years. One of my weekly tasks was to take the backups of one of our many databases, on a rota system, and restore it to a working system on a server that only had the OS and the DBMS installed.
On another contract, I was called to assist another department whose server has crashed the disc. They had daily backups. Sadly they never tested and the backups had failed every night. They lost everything!
Always test restores.
@RussSharek (raises hand) this doesn't actually involve running, right?
Physical running is entirely optional.
