Backup/Archive my OS X

I need to backup my operating system and applications. I have a G5 powermac dual processor 1.5gig ram two hard drives. 160 gig for Operating System and Applications and 300 gig for Data. Last month my other data hard drive crashed and I lost a tremendous amount of data. That was my fault for not backing up properly. I have since purchased a 300 gig internal and a 300 gig external. I want to properly archive or backup my Operating system and all applications before another crash. What is the easiest way to do that. I have been reading the "Missing Manual" but that did not seem to have the information that I am looking for. BTW Happy New Year.
Sam sval726

Sam,
It sounds like you have all the necessary hardware. Now all you need is a strategy for a bootable backup.
I have noted that several respected Discussions contributors recommend Retrospect. Read Dr. Smoke's Backup and Recovery FAQ for some of his tips.
Other popular programs are Super Duper and CCC.
;~)

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Feature request: Importing/backup/archive of tracks with metadata

Hi everyone,
I've found that one of the things iTunes does better than any other music player is handling and organising song information. Have you ever seen a PC user's jukebox? Thos things are a real mess, with cryptic track names ("mike mills - air - talkie walkie - 05"), artists in the album column, etc...
All of this information which describes the file itself is called "meta-data", and iTunes handles meta-data in two seperate places: the song file itself (ID3 tags in MP3s, for instance) and the iTunes library file.
You'll notice that when you drag a music file from one iTunes library to another, the meta-data stored in the file itself is preserved (artist, title, track number, etc...), while the meta-data stored in the iTunes library isn't (your rating, the play count, the last date played, etc...).
What I'm suggesting here is a feature that allows one to:
(a) make a folder / burn a disk with the song files AND a special iTunes meta-data (XML?) file, so that all meta-data is preserved,
(b) optionally delete the music files from your library after backup (i.e. archiving), and naturally,
(c) open and read backup/archive folders and disks, and allow one to reintegrate songs, playlists or the entire collection back into one's main music library.
I hope Apple is listening, because I think this feature would be really easy to implement, and would make a lot of people (especially those who keep their music spread across 2 or more computers) very happy!
I've already set up a smart playlist ("Give me 4.5 GiB of disabled (unchecked) tracks from my library, sorted by least recently added") that gives me the candidates for archival. Now, all I'm hoping for is a button that allows me to archive (move) everything to a DVD, clear some space on my PowerBook hard drive and rest assured that if I ever want to go back and retrieve a track, it'll be waiting, with the playcounts, song information and ratings all intact!
...either that or make all hard drives at least 1000 times bigger. I'm not picky.
Cheers,
- tonyboy
PowerBook G4

Thank you for an idea!
I wrote a simple script to get metadata from files and offset AE clip times respectively. It is quite dirtycoded but does the job for me. Maybe someone will want to use this script, so I put it on a public accessible URL: http://zig-zag.ru/usefulshit/ae/xmp_time_shifter.jsx
My workflow is as follows:
- I separate camera footages (.mov, .jpg, etc...), and put them to folders like camera_01, camera_02 etc
- create new project in AE, new composition - named "camera_01_p1", import files from camera_01 folder to a project panel, drag'n'drop them to a compo, select "camera_01_p1" compo and run xmp_time_shifter.jsx
- I have 8 hours of footage, so I duplicate "camera_01_p1" composition, name it "camera_01_p2", delete all layers but unshifted ones, rerun time shifter script, repeat with the rest
- do the same with camera_02 (don't forget to adjust still photo layer duration before time shifting)
- export to a premiere project (yeah, thank you for this one!)
- then I open project in premiere, copy everything to a same sequence (different layers where needed)
- last thing is to sync entire video and photo layers at some known moment - it is done easily by placing marker at some time feature on different video/audio clips, and manually shifting entire layer to sync
- profit!
Since we are allready offtopic to premiere, I place some of my notes here:
- XMPFile function does not read files like "/d/path" on my windows 7, so I replaced them with "d:/"
- don't understand why, but this check - if(fname != null){ is not working. So script will fail on compositions with solid, null, etc. layers.
- I wrote simple date parser that is currently working with Nikon D3 (.jpg) and Canon 5D mk2 (.mov) but it can fail on some other models/formats.

Backup archive logs problem using RMAN

Hi guys
I got failure when using RMAN to backup archive log files:
Starting backup at 20-APR-06
current log archived
released channel: c1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 04/20/2006 21:53:57
RMAN-06059: expected archived log not found, lost of archived log compromises recoverability
ORA-19625: error identifying file /opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/DB10G/archivelog/2006_03_17/o1_mf_1_1_21p5c251_.arc
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
RMAN> **end-of-file**
My archive log files location:
SQL> show parameter log_archive_dest
NAME TYPE VALUE
log_archive_dest_1 string LOCATION=/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/
Current archive log files:
$ ls /opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch
1_17_586191737.dbf 1_21_586191737.dbf 1_25_586191737.dbf 1_29_586191737.dbf 1_33_586191737.dbf
1_18_586191737.dbf 1_22_586191737.dbf 1_26_586191737.dbf 1_30_586191737.dbf 1_34_586191737.dbf
1_19_586191737.dbf 1_23_586191737.dbf 1_27_586191737.dbf 1_31_586191737.dbf 1_35_586191737.dbf
1_20_586191737.dbf 1_24_586191737.dbf 1_28_586191737.dbf 1_32_586191737.dbf afiedt.buf
$
But when I check v$archived_log:
SQL> select name,status,deleted from v$archived_log;
NAME S DEL
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/DB10G/archivelog/2006_03_17/ A NO
/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/DB10G/archivelog/2006_03_18/ A NO
/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/DB10G/archivelog/2006_03_19/ A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/redo01.log A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/redo02.log A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/redo03.log A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_5_585926175.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_6_585926175.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_7_585926175.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_1_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_2_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_3_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_4_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_5_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_6_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_7_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_8_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_9_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_10_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_11_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_12_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_13_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_14_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_15_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_16_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_17_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_18_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_19_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_20_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_21_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_22_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_23_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_24_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_25_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_26_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_27_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_28_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_29_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_30_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_31_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_32_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_33_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_34_586191737.dbf A NO
More records than actual archived logs. How could it happen? How to solve?
THanks in advance.
Sharon

Hi,
Use
RMAN>crosscheck archivelog all; cmd

Incomplete Recovery Fails using Full hot backup & Archive logs !!

Hello DBA's !!
I am doing on Recovery scenario where I have taken One full hot backup of my Portal Database (EPR) and Restored it on New Test Server. Also I restored Archive logs from last full hot backup for next 6 days. Also I restored the latest Control file (binary) to their original locations. Now, I started the recovery scenario as follows....
1) Installed Oracle 10.2.0.2 compatible with restored version of oracle.
2) Configured tnsnames.ora, listener.ora, sqlnet.ora with hostname of Test server.
3) Restored all Hot backup files from Tape to Test Server.
4) Restored all archive logs from tape to Test server.
5) Restored Latest Binary Control file from Tape to Test Server.
6) Now, Started recovery using following command from SQL prompt.
SQL> recover database until cancel using backup controlfile;
7) Open database after Recovery Completion using RESETLOGS option.
Now in Above scenario I completed steps upto 5) successfully. But when I execute the step 6) the recovery completes with Warning : Recovery completed but OPEN RESETLOGS may throw error " system file needs more recovery to be consistent " . Please find the following snapshot ....
ORA-00279: change 7001816252 generated at 01/13/2008 12:53:05 needed for thread
1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /oracle/EPR/oraarch/1_9624_601570270.dbf
ORA-00280: change 7001816252 for thread 1 is in sequence #9624
ORA-00278: log file '/oracle/EPR/oraarch/1_9623_601570270.dbf' no longer needed
for this recovery
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
ORA-00308: cannot open archived log '/oracle/EPR/oraarch/1_9624_601570270.dbf'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oracle/EPR/sapdata1/system_1/system.data1'
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>
SQL> alter database open resetlogs;
alter database open resetlogs
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oracle/EPR/sapdata1/system_1/system.data1'
Let me know What should be the reason behind recovery failure !
Note : I tried to Open the database using Last Full Hot Backup only & not applying any archives. Then Database Opens successfully. It means my Database Installation & Configuration is OK !
Please Let me know why my Incomplete Recovery using Archive logs Goes Fail ?
Atul Patil.

oh you made up a new thread so here again:
there is nothing wrong.
You restored your backup, archives etc.
you started your recovery and oracle applyed all archives but the archive
'/oracle/EPR/oraarch/1_9624_601570270.dbf'
does not exist because it represents your current online redo log file and that is not present.
the recovery process cancels by itself.
the solution is:
restart your recovery process with:
recover database until cancel using backup controlfile
and when oracle suggests you '/oracle/EPR/oraarch/1_9624_601570270.dbf'
type cancel!
now you should be able to open your database with open resetlogs.

Error in Web Location path when importing Site Studio Backup Archives

Hi,
Webcenter Content version 11.1.1.5.0 running on Linux.
I have successfully (according to the archive logs) imported two Site Studio Backup Archives: Ravenna Hosting and Site Studio Samples.
I've not had a problem before with these archive files (installed successfully on my local Windows installation of 11g), but on our DEV server the Web Location path is incorrect.
Somehow the archive process has introduced the below directory structure:
/mdaw/mdax/~edisp/
Example expected location: .../groups/public/documents/wcmwebasset/oracle_logo_15h.png
Imported location: .../groups/public/weblayout/groups/public/documents/wcmwebasset/mdaw/mdax/~edisp/oracle_logo_15h.png
- The sites are visible but with broken images
- The Site Studio Assets can be seen in Site Studio Designer
- The Web Location path on all content items is incorrect and points to the wrong path
- Archive has proven to work before (same physical file) and the path information within it appears correct
Copying the files results in the images appearing but obviously the Web Location defined within the content items is still incorrect.
Whilst Ravenna Hosting site looks OK after copying the files, the Site Studio Sample site is totally broken.
Obviously the underlying import issue needs to be resolved - has anyone come across the underlying issue (the insertion of an incorrect directory structure)?
Has anyone any advice on a solution so I can re-import the archive with the files being written to the correct Web Locations?
Thanks in advance
Edited by: user615721 on Aug 25, 2011 12:26 PM

The issue is the result of a new feature introduced in version 11.1.1.4.0 called the 'Dispersion Rule'.
All legacy archive will hit this in the future release, but there is a work-around documented here: http://blogs.oracle.com/ecmarch/entry/working_with_the_new_fsp_dispe
Edited by: user615721 on Aug 25, 2011 2:09 PM

Backup/archive Time Capsule to cloud?

Hi
I'm using a 4th generation Time Capsule to backup my two Macs via Time Machine. Is there a reputable cloud-based service that will automatically backup/archive only the Time Capsule?
thanks
Bill

... just to clarify - the Time Capsule is solely used for Time Machine backups and Wi-Fi provision. There is no "non Time Machine" user data on the device.

COLD BACKUP을 받은 후 ARCHIVE LOG로 변환하여 사용한 경우 INCOMPLETE RECOVERY.

제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 2002-04-09
COLD BACKUP을 받은 후 ARCHIVE LOG로 변환하여 사용한 경우 INCOMPLETE RECOVERY.
======================================================================
PURPOSE
COLD BACKUP을 받은 후 ARCHIVE LOG MODE로 변환하여 사용한 경우의 RECOVERY
과정을 TEST로 확인하여 본다.
Examples
No Archive log mode.
SQL> select * from tab ;
TNAME TABTYPE CLUSTERID
EMP TABLE
EMP1 TABLE
EMP2 TABLE
EMP3 TABLE
EMP4 TABLE
10 rows selected.
SQL> select count(*) from emp3 ;
COUNT(*)
0
SQL> select count(*) from emp4 ;
COUNT(*)
0
Cold backup을 받은후 Archive log mode 변경한 경우
SVRMGR> startup mount
SVRMGR> archive log list
Database log mode No Archive Mode
Automatic archival Enabled
Archive destination D:\Oracle\oradata\SNAP\archive
Oldest online log sequence 26
Current log sequence 28
SVRMGR> alter database archivelog ;
SVRMGR> alter database open ; => archive log mode 변경.
SQL> select * from tab ;
TNAME TABTYPE CLUSTERID
EMP TABLE
EMP1 TABLE
EMP2 TABLE
EMP3 TABLE
EMP4 TABLE
10 rows selected.
SQL> insert into emp3 select * from emp ;
14 rows created.
SQL> commit ;
Commit complete.
SQL> insert into emp4 select * from emp1 ;
71680 rows created.
SQL> commit ;
Commit complete.
SQL> select count(*) from emp3 ;
COUNT(*)
14
SQL> select count(*) from emp4 ;
COUNT(*)
71680
## log switch 발생.
SVRMGR> alter system switch logfile ;
SQL> insert into emp3 select * from emp ; -- current log에 반영.
14 rows created.
SQL> commit ;
SQL> select count(*) from emp3 ;
COUNT(*)
28
SQL> select count(*) from emp4 ;
COUNT(*)
71680
# ALL DATABASE CRASH #
# recover 과정... #
1. Restore Cold-backup
2. modify initSID.ora
log_archive_start = true
log_archive_dest_1 = "location=D:\Oracle\oradata\SNAP\archive"
log_archive_format = %%ORACLE_SID%%T%TS%S.ARC
3. svrmgrl
Statement processed.
SVRMGR> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 40703244 bytes
Fixed Size 70924 bytes
Variable Size 23777280 bytes
Database Buffers 16777216 bytes
Redo Buffers 77824 bytes
Database mounted.
SVRMGR> archive log list
Database log mode No Archive Mode
Automatic archival Enabled
Archive destination D:\Oracle\oradata\SNAP\archive
Oldest online log sequence 26
Current log sequence 28
SVRMGR> alter database archivelog ;
Statement processed.
SVRMGR> recover database using backup controlfile until cancel ;
ORA-00279: change 340421 generated at 04/29/2001 23:42:20 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00028.ARC
ORA-00280: change 340421 for thread 1 is in sequence #28
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
Log applied.
ORA-00279: change 340561 generated at 04/29/2001 23:47:29 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00029.ARC
ORA-00280: change 340561 for thread 1 is in sequence #29
ORA-00278: log file 'D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00028.ARC' no longe
r needed for this recovery
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
Log applied.
ORA-00279: change 340642 generated at 04/29/2001 23:47:35 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00030.ARC
ORA-00280: change 340642 for thread 1 is in sequence #30
ORA-00278: log file 'D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00029.ARC' no longe
r needed for this recovery
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
Log applied.
ORA-00279: change 340723 generated at 04/29/2001 23:47:40 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00031.ARC
ORA-00280: change 340723 for thread 1 is in sequence #31
ORA-00278: log file 'D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00030.ARC' no longe
r needed for this recovery
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
Log applied.
ORA-00279: change 340797 generated at 04/29/2001 23:48:01 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00032.ARC
ORA-00280: change 340797 for thread 1 is in sequence #32
ORA-00278: log file 'D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00031.ARC' no longe
r needed for this recovery
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
cancel
Media recovery cancelled.
SVRMGR> alter database open resetlogs ;
Statement processed.
SVRMGR>
SQL> connect scott/tiger
SQL> select count(*) from emp3 ;
COUNT(*)
14
SQL> select count(*) from emp4 ;
COUNT(*)
71680
# 결론...... #
따라서 current log file에 기록된 14 row에 대한 부분은 recover가 될수
없지만 archive log file에 적용된 log에 대한 data는 정상적으로 복구가
가능하다.
# 주의 사항 #
cold backup을 restore한 후 database open후 shutdown 한 다음 archive
log mode로 변경하여 recover를 진행하는 경우 SCN number가 변경되기
때문에 ora-600 error가 발생하며 media recovery를 필요로 하기 때문에
주의하여야 한다.
SVRMGR> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 40703244 bytes
Fixed Size 70924 bytes
Variable Size 23777280 bytes
Database Buffers 16777216 bytes
Redo Buffers 77824 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SVRMGR> shutdown
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SVRMGR> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 40703244 bytes
Fixed Size 70924 bytes
Variable Size 23777280 bytes
Database Buffers 16777216 bytes
Redo Buffers 77824 bytes
Database mounted.
SVRMGR> alter database archivelog ;
Statement processed.
SVRMGR> recover database using backup controlfile until cancel ;
ORA-00279: change 339542 generated at 04/29/2001 23:30:57 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SNAP\ARCHIVE\SNAPT001S00003.ARC
ORA-00280: change 339542 for thread 1 is in sequence #3
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
ORA-00283: recovery session canceled due to errors
ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [3020], [8390146], [1], [3], [143], [
240], [], []
SVRMGR> exit
Server Manager complete.
Rederence Documents
---------------------

Meeting place 8.5 backup/archive software

Hello all, we just migrated to MP 8.5 and it there is no more FTP option for backup and archiving, only ssh/rsync.
Does anybody have any recommendations that they are using for the archiving software?
Thanks,
Dan

MP 8.5 only uses rsync over SSH, no longer users FTP as a backup/archiving option.
The steps to configure the same are given in the following link
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/meetingplace/8_5/english/administration/backup_archive.html#wp1030973
"Backing Up, Archiving, and Restoring Data on the Application Server"
HTH
Manish

RE: CS4 Premiere Pro - what is best to backup/archive video to minimize size

RE: CS4 Premiere Pro -> what is best to backup/archive video to minimize size?
I use export>media to adobe media encoder. I am using the avi. the avi file generated seems large. i.e. for 27 minutes the file is 6 gb.
what is the best format to use to minimize file size?????
any help will be appreciated and thks in advance.

>what is best to backup/archive video to minimize size?
That's the wrong question to ask. Ideally you don't change anything about the original media for backup. It's size it it's size, and you get enough of whatever you nee to accommodate that.

Backup, Archive or Export? iPhoto question

I don't have that much space on my hard disk and want to keep my photos on DVDs. I've read here that DVD+R is better than -R but what's the best way of storing them? Should I backup, archive or export?
I am printing contact sheets for each DVD so that once I have them backed up, I will want to remove them from iPhoto and only re-import them when I want to use them.
I've noticed that if I try and export it will only let me export a maximum of 60 photos, so presumably that's not the way to go? And the Share/Burn only lets me view them in iPhoto and not on any other platform (what happens if Apple replaces iPhoto in years to come??)
Any suggestions gladly welcomed. Thanks.

For data disk, it's a tossup between +R and -R as far as I know. If you're burning an video DVD via iDVD then you definitely want -R disks.
What size are your image files? 60 files on a 4.5 GB drive is about 73 MB each. Are your files that big? Do you want the file to be easily used by iPhoto at a later date and keep their titles, keywords and comments intact? If so, the use the Share->Burn menu item and burn either Events or Albums of photos. Then delete those photos from the library when done. The disk will be readable by iPhoto like this and you can copy photos back into the library if needed for printing or some other project.
If you just want to store the basic image files, then export the photos to a folder on the desktop using the File->Export->File Export and select the option to include the Title and keywords. They will be written to the new files and readable by iPhoto if imported back into the library at a later date.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Backup/archive/export verity collection

Does anyone know how to backup/archive/export a verity
collection?
The CF Help files say to go to admin/server settings/archives
but this is not an option in my version of CFMX.
Anyone?? thank you so much.
Nicko

Does anyone know how to backup/archive/export a verity
collection?
The CF Help files say to go to admin/server settings/archives
but this is not an option in my version of CFMX.
Anyone?? thank you so much.
Nicko

How to restore backup archived files

hi folks
i have backup the archived files ,now just for educational purpose i want to back up/restore database from these archived files what steps i will take,i read that control files should also be back up is it true if it is then why control files should be backed up..
if i have archive files and control files then what i will take step to restore the database after failure please tell me some steps.
umaisi
tks & regards

Now I'm eager to know also,if I have my weekly cold
backup,which is the datafiles,controlfiles and
redologs, and I do export bckup for my data
daily.and if the db crashes, what r the steps for me
to restore my data.will I be able to restore it upto
the date I took the last export? we dnt have archive
on and the RMAN is not working for past 10 months.You can use the colde backup to restore your database,
then truncate or drop user tables,
then use your daily export data to get the newest data.
HTH

How to restore cold backup + archived log files

Hi,
Suppose I take a cold backup on 18th. After that I have four days of archived log files. if the database crashes on 5th day, I have to restore the 18th cold back + 4 days of archived log files. How do I restore since it is a cold backup and I cant do incomplete recovery.
can I use
Recover database ( with 18th cold backup) in mount state and apply archived logs.
Prabhath

The details of how you perform forward recovery using a cold backup depends on
1- rman or manual backup
2- using current or backup control file
3- if rman, recovery catalog or no recovery catalog
4- if full database recovered or only a few files
Each of these conditions will affect what is known to Oracle and what needs to be done. For example if you restored the entire cold backup including the control file then Oracle would see a consistent database and not need to perform recovery so you would need to startup mount and tell the database to perform recovery using a backup control file. If using rman and no recovery catalog you might need to catalog some of the archived redo logs, etc....
It is advisable to consult the Backup and Recovery manuals before attempting recovery for any new scenario.
HTH -- Mark D Powell --

Rman backup archive log

Hi Guys,
Can advise on the syntax to perform rman backup of archive logs generated in last 2 days?
Should it be 1 or 2?
thanks!
1. BACKUP ARCHIVELOG UNTIL TIME 'SYSDATE-2';
2. BACKUP ARCHIVELOG FROM TIME 'SYSDATE-2';

What prevents you from trying both?
I'm not trying to be difficult here but why take the time to ask people in a forum, not even supplying a version number, and not just find out?
It took me less than 60 seconds to cut-and-paste both of your command lines into RMAN and look at the output.
Edited by: damorgan on Jan 19, 2013 4:11 PM

Need a shell script to backup archive log daily

Hi All,
We need a shell script to backup the archive logs daily after shutting down the concurrent manager and once the backup is completed, needs to start the concurrent manager through the script itself, if you have any ideas or sample scripts, please provide and help us.
The objective is to backup the daily archive logs with out any loss of data.
Thanks,

I do not have a similar script to share, sorry. However, you may review the following links/notes:
Note: 137181.1 - RMAN Backup Shell Script Example
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=137181.1
Recovery Manager (RMAN) Manuals
http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/homepage

Want to backup Archive Messages in Nokia X2-qwerty

I tried using Nokia PC Suites but I can't see Archive Message Folder, that folder is in the phone How could I backup them then ? any solution ?
before I started using Nokia X2 about 3 years ago I had kept old messages from friends in SIM message
I archived those message into the phone. (because there is no way to move them to inbox folder) I'm finding a way to store them in pc because the phone now is too old and I'm replacing it with Lumia 920. I really want to move those archive messages to a new phone ,or at least backup them into my computer :/

Are you using Nokia Suite or Nokia PC Suite ..?
With my Nokia X3-00, the Archive Folder is seen on the Nokia PC Suite ..
Also, hope that the phone is connected to the PC ..
Attachments:
Archive Folder.png ‏60 KB

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