Search Again: Re: small request From: Shawn Hogan Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 Time: 11:12:57 am Lance Julander wrote: >I have one worstation that runs the automated tasks 24hrs/day. >In the automated tasks, we do the Hurlnet import every 10 minutes >and also a RADIUS export every 30 minutes. > >We are not running FM Pro, just the runtime. > >I have a batch file run at about 4AM that backs up all of the >database files. I'm fearful that if the backup occurs in the >middle of a Hurlnet import or a RADIUS export that it might >corrupt the database. Is this right? > >Would it be possible to make a change in the automated tasks so >that the hurlnet and RADIUS could be disabled during certain >hours? I'd prefer not to have RADIUS dumps in the middle of the >night anyway (we don't sign up new customer during that time). > >If you know of other ways that I could do a backup (beside >purchasing FM Pro, for which we have no need), I'd appreciate hearing. Well, it *should* be okay... but to be totally sure, you need to shut down all clients completely when doing a backup (unless you have FileMaker Pro Server). - Shawn ------------------------------- Shawn D. Hogan President, Data Point Solutions http://www.data-point.com (619) 452-3696 ICQ: 8319647

Messages In This Thread: small request by Lance Julander on Feb 12, 1999 at 10:55:21 am Re: small request by Shawn Hogan on Feb 12, 1999 at 11:12:57 am Small request by mbailey@journey.net on Jun 25, 2001 at 12:31:32 pm Re: Small request by Shawn Hogan on Jun 25, 2001 at 2:02:33 pm