[Technical] Backup Assist

[Grant Frazer]

Hi Ian,

The REV drive does have a drive letter but when the NT Backup utility
starts to access the REV drive it gets a "E:\ is not a valid drive, or
you do not have access" message.  I can create and delete files from the
REV drive using "My Computer" I can also use a script with FORMAT and
XCOPY to delete and transfer files onto it.  Computer Associates
ARCserver quite happily backs up to the REV drive.  So it is quite
puzzling why NT Backup is discriminating against it.

P.s. Sorry about the delayed reply a new chicken shop opened in Balwyn,
long queues but very nice chicken!

Grant Frazer 
Information and Communication Technologies Manager 
Fintona Girls School 
79 Balwyn Rd, 
Balwyn, VIC, 3103 
Ph +61 3 98301388 
Fax. +61 3 98885682 
<http://www.fintona.vic.edu.au> 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Clark, Ian C [mailto:clark.ian.c at edumail.vic.gov.au] 
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 12:22 PM
To: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List
Subject: RE: [Technical] Backup Assist

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Grant Frazer
> Sent: Friday, 29 July 2005 12:07 PM
> To: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Technical] Backup Assist
> 
> Hi Ian thanks for the speedy reply,
> 
> Unfortunately the NT Backup utility built into Windows doesn't support

> the use of the Iomega REV drives and causes numerous errors.  There is

> a simple work around where we could create a script to backup the 
> Exchange files to a server location and then instruct the REV drive to

> collect the files and then email the results to the ICT department 
> using BLAT.

Hi Grant,

I use USB 2.0 external drives at a couple of sites to do all their
automated backups - the REV doesn't appear as a drive letter in My
Computer that the backups can go to? It's a bit of a dog if it can't!

Cheers,
Clarky 


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