Backup concerns (Vault and DVD backup workflows)

I am a little bit concerned with regard to how the whole backup regimen is implemented in Aperture.
My concerns are twofold:
- vault is not incremental. Thus, when you update the vault (backup) you are effectively creating a whole new backup to replace the one you had already. If my library consists of tens of thousands of RAW images, it seems pointless to have to back up the whole thing again just to update, say, 50 new additions. What am I missing here? Is the idea to create multiple smaller vaults? One new vault for each major import?
- backing up to DVD. My current workflow using Finder/Bridge is to take images from my camera cards (which on a typical shoot will require the space of a DVD) and immediately burn a backup before I do anything at all to the images. This of course requires me to offload the cards into a folder from finder. Now with Aperture, you are expected to import directly from the camera cards into the Aperature architecture. Ok, so how do I go about getting my newly imported files 'exported' as RAW files to my DVD for backup purposes? I don't have Aperture yet, so am looking at the online documentation. Does 'export master' allow doing so to a DVD and then burning? Somehow I dont think that would actually work.
I don't like the idea of relying on another hard drive for backup purposes, so DVD's are peace of mind for me (although I prefer to do both).

- vault is not incremental. Thus, when you update
the vault (backup) you are effectively creating a
whole new backup to replace the one you had already.
It is incremental. I know, because I have created a vault and it only backs up what has changed, not the whole library. Very quick too. Not sure how you came up with this hypothesis. Have you tried to do this yet ?
Aperature architecture. Ok, so how do I go about
getting my newly imported files 'exported' as RAW
files to my DVD for backup purposes? I don't have
Two options:
1) You can export your newly imported master images to a folder on your hard drive and then use toast or the burn feature to burn a DVD.
2) Copy the images off the CF card, using Finder, to a local directory on your hard disk. Copy this directory off to a DVD for peace of mind. Now tell Aperture to import this directory into your library. After the import is complete, delete this directory.
documentation. Does 'export master' allow doing so
to a DVD and then burning? Somehow I dont think
I haven't been able to do that. So I don't think so.
I don't like the idea of relying on another hard
drive for backup purposes, so DVD's are peace of mind
for me (although I prefer to do both).
I agree with you on that.

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Vault vs. Backup

Hello!
I normally use vaults and also backup (with Backup 3.1.2)the Aperture library.
My doubt is: better vaults of backup?
Max

Bagelturf's article on Backing up Aperture has a good run-down of the issues and some ideas: http://www.bagelturf.com/aparticles/vaults/backingup/index.php
He also has a note on restoring from a Vault - http://www.bagelturf.com/aparticles/vaults/vrestore/index.php
(Which is best comes down to your own situation, although if you can do both then I think that gives you the ability to restore from single image loss/corruption, as well as quickly getting up and running again after catastrophic loss through disk failure.)

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I have production server 4.6c on windows 2000 server. Database is oracle.
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Please help me out.
BR002I BRARCHIVE 6.20 (135)
BR006I Start of offline redo log processing: aeaohozy.cds 2009-05-13 11.22.18
BR101I Parameters
Name                           Value
oracle_sid                     P01
oracle_home                    C:\ORACLE\P01\920
oracle_profile                 C:\ORACLE\P01\920\DATABASE\initP01.ora
sapdata_home                   D:\oracle\P01
sap_profile                    C:\ORACLE\P01\920\DATABASE\initP01.sap
backup_dev_type                tape
compress                       hardware
tape_copy_cmd                  dd
cpio_flags                     -ovB
cpio_in_flags                  -iuvB
dd_flags                       bs=32k
dd_in_flags                    bs=32k
rewind                         mt -f $ rewind
rewind_offline                 mt -f $ offline
tape_size                      70000.000 MB
tape_address                   /dev/nmt0
tape_address_rew               /dev/mt0
volume_archive                 P01A23
expir_period                   20
tape_use_count                 100
system_info                    P01adm SAPPR1 Windows NT 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 Intel
oracle_info                    P01 9.2.0.6.0 8192 3 242759136
sap_info                       46C SAPR3 P01 V1630189933 R3_ORA 0020099301
make_info                      NTintel OCI_920_SHARE Apr 4 2005
command_line                   C:\USR\SAP\P01\SYS\EXE\RUN\brarchive.exe -cds -p initP01.sap -c -l E -d tape -v P01A23 -k hardware -U
BR280I Time stamp 2009-05-13 11.22.43
BR008I Offline redo log processing for database instance: P01
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BR010I BRARCHIVE function ID: cds
BR048I Archive function: copy_delete_save
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BR113I Files will be compressed by hardware
BR130I Backup device type: tape
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BR103I Following backup volume will be used: P01A23
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BR351I Restoring E:\ORACLE\P01\SAPREORG\.tape.hdr0
BR355I from /dev/nmt0 ...
BR241I Checking label on volume in device /dev/nmt0
BR280I Time stamp 2009-05-13 11.22.51
BR226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/mt0 ...
BR202I Saving E:\ORACLE\P01\SAPREORG\.tape.hdr0
BR203I to /dev/nmt0 ...
BR209I Volume in device /dev/nmt0 has name P01A23
BR202I Saving init_ora
BR203I to /dev/nmt0 ...
BR202I Saving C:\ORACLE\P01\920\DATABASE\initP01.sap
BR203I to /dev/nmt0 ...
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BR198I Profiles saved successfully
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BR203I to /dev/nmt0 ...
BR266E Program 'dd bs=32k conv=sync if=D:\oracle\P01\saparch\P01archARC00001.001 of=/dev/nmt0' interrupted, exit status: c0000005
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BR007I End of offline redo log processing: aeaohozy.cds 2009-05-13 11.23.09
BR280I Time stamp 2009-05-13 11.23.09
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Hi..
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see http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_dd.htm for more information.
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I know Aperture uses "Vault" to store your "master" files. Does Aperture have an easy way of puting a copy of the vault on my computer internal HD and on an External HD?
Also does Aperture have an easy way to back up your vault to DVD?
Thanks Taylor

Hi Talyor,
I know Aperture uses "Vault" to store your "master"
files.
True, but more. It stores your "masters" and the adjustments to recreate the "versions," but without the thumbnails which get recreated when required during recovery.
Does Aperture have an easy way of puting a
copy of the vault on my computer internal HD and on
an External HD?
First, the assumption is that your Aperture Library is on your internal drive for speed. That means Vault is assumed to be on an external drive so that you have a secure backup if you lose your internal HDD or suffer file level corruption.
Next, both the Aperture Library and the Vault can be path'ed to drives/folders at your discretion, so yes, Vault could be on your internal drive and the AP Library on an external drive. Set the Library location via Preferences. Vault path gets set at the point in time when you create it.
Last, there is nothing built in to AP to "copy" a Vault to another drive. You could use Finder or Automator Folder actions to do this, or 3rd party file cloning/sync'ing utilities.
Also does Aperture have an easy way to back up your
vault to DVD?
No. Ugh. Shame. Miss. Arghhh! Needs full, project and incremental with 'fit to DVD' so that multiple DVD's can be used without being a math genius.
To my mind, step 1 in the workflow is backup masters to DVD, which cannot be done within AP. Both are needed.
Thanks Taylor

What is your backup and/or archive workflow?

I am a wedding photographer who has been using Ap for a few months now, and am trying to come up with a good backup system and a method to archive projects to save space on my MacBook Pro.
Here is my simple workflow. I'd appreciate any recommendations for improving it.
1. After a shoot I import all images directly into Aperture (managed). A typical wedding will yield 10-20 gigs of raw files (depends on number of shooters and how long).
2. After importing, I update my Ap Vault on a 500gb external FW800 drive.
3. As I work on the image the next few weeks I update my vault every day.
4. When I'm completely done with the project I export the whole project to an "archives" folder on my external drive, and then delete it from my aperture library.
5. I then update my vault again.
6. Therefore, my vault only contains a backup of projects I'm currently working on (and are in my main aperture library), and I have a file with a growing number of individual projects that have been archived. If I want to access pictures from another project I have to re-import that project into my main library, and then delete it when I'm done.
QUESTIONS:
- Would it be easier for me to put all those archived projects into a second library for fast retrieval? How would you do that (I've noticed you can directly drag-n-drop them into the Apperture package...)?
- Would your recommend also backing up to an optical media, even though the projects are so large (20gb)?
- How can I use multiple vaults and/or libraries to make my life easier?
Thanks in advance for your help!

After all your advice, I think I definitely will start referencing to my images on an external drive. I'll keep current projects on my local HDD, but after I'm done with one I'll move the referenced images to an external drive for archival purposes. I'll also use a combination of external drives and DVDs to backup (I'll never use solely optical media as I've had to learn the hard way about the long-term integrity of optical discs....)
When all is said an done, I imagine my workflow will work something like this:
1. Shoot a wedding, importing all images into Aperture and referencing to all masters in a local folder.
2. After the wedding, immediately backup the project (including referenced files) to a portable firewire drive.
3. When I'm done working with the images, move the referenced files to an external "archive" drive.
4. Export the project (including referenced files) to a double layer DVD and stick it in the clients folder with other paperwork, etc.
5. Update my Aperture Vault (including referenced images) to a separate "backup" drive.
This way I will have all my older images on an "archive" drive and linked to AP for easy reference. I'll also have DVD backups of each project, plus a huge backup drive with my AP vault with ALL projects and images. When this drive fills up, I'll buy a new one. Hard drives are cheap, and getting cheaper. Besides, that's just the cost of doing business.
Hopefully future version of AP will have integrated DVD burning, and the ability to span a project across multiple discs.

Does a DVD SP backup/autosave vault exist?

Does DVD SP create a backup of recent sessions (like FCP autosave vault)and if so, where would I find it? I save early and often. My recent session was lost (corrupted) as I was moving subtitles from one row to another. I had just hit save at the same time as it crashed and I suppose it corrupted the file. Now, when I try to open that file, I get "cannot open file" error. I have saved and saved using the same file name so there is no recent backup that I can find. Anyone know what are my options, if any?

- vault is not incremental. Thus, when you update
the vault (backup) you are effectively creating a
whole new backup to replace the one you had already.
It is incremental. I know, because I have created a vault and it only backs up what has changed, not the whole library. Very quick too. Not sure how you came up with this hypothesis. Have you tried to do this yet ?
Aperature architecture. Ok, so how do I go about
getting my newly imported files 'exported' as RAW
files to my DVD for backup purposes? I don't have
Two options:
1) You can export your newly imported master images to a folder on your hard drive and then use toast or the burn feature to burn a DVD.
2) Copy the images off the CF card, using Finder, to a local directory on your hard disk. Copy this directory off to a DVD for peace of mind. Now tell Aperture to import this directory into your library. After the import is complete, delete this directory.
documentation. Does 'export master' allow doing so
to a DVD and then burning? Somehow I dont think
I haven't been able to do that. So I don't think so.
I don't like the idea of relying on another hard
drive for backup purposes, so DVD's are peace of mind
for me (although I prefer to do both).
I agree with you on that.

Asking for tips or suggestions re: DVD backups and compression

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I've seen the following threads which have proven somewhat helpful, but they are rather out dated:
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https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=53344
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vobcopy seems very promising, especially when using the following com
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It backs up the entire DVD successfully from what I've seen, but not compressed at all. (but it does retain the menus and the all wanted special features and various subtitle selections).
So, "vamps" may bring what I need to the table - I hope.
vamps -e 1.50 -a 1 < ./large.vob > ./small.vob
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I am not quite sure how to do this with the whole tree I am left with, though, which looks similar to the following.
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VIDEO_TS.BUP VTS_01_0.IFO VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_02_0.BUP VTS_03_0.BUP VTS_04_0.IFO
VIDEO_TS.IFO VTS_01_0.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB VTS_02_0.IFO VTS_03_0.IFO VTS_04_0.VOB
VIDEO_TS.VOB VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_5.VOB VTS_02_1.VOB VTS_03_1.VOB VTS_04_1.VOB
VTS_01_0.BUP VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_6.VOB VTS_02_2.VOB VTS_04_0.BUP
EDIT:
Stumbled across 'backlite' which is a qt based copy of k9copy. Very promising from my first few impressions though I'm yet to thouroughly try this guy out. Any thoughts from other's how may know about it?
It would also be nice to learn how to effectively do this task from the comfort of a terminal.
Last edited by akspecs (2012-04-17 17:25:46)

OWC has nice options for both optical and hard drives.
http://www.macsales.com/
They are a Mac-oriented vendor, so the products they sell work with Macs. On the hard drive side, they sell most of their enclosures as a "0 GB" kit, so you can find a good deal on the drive mechanism elsewhere, and get the exact make and model you want.
As for USB versus FireWire, FireWire 800 will obviously be faster. However, if the drive is going to be used for something like Time Machine, where speed is not crucial, a less expensive USB 2.0 drive will be fine. My Time Machine drive is connected by USB 2.0.
You can get a FireWire hub, but daisy-chaining should work fine. The few available FireWire 800 hubs are expensive at the moment.

Aperture Backup Vault and Library

My main Library of Aperture on my main HD is 120GB and my backup Vault on my external HD is 116GB. Do I want to "replace the contents of my Vault with the contents of my Library"? Unfortunately I also have on my external HD another another OS with a tiny library that is tiny 2 GB, how do I know which library Aperture is talking about? In the Aperture GUI my Vault show only 22GB. Confused, please help. No libraries show up on my GUI Aperture window so what should I do? and why don't the vaults match in size?
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Every Image has a Master. The Master is the file that you imported into the Library. If the Master is stored in the Library, it is a Managed Master. If the Master is not stored in the Library -- it is stored elsewhere on your system -- it is a Referenced Master.
You can easily filter for either. In the Filter HUD, add the Rule "File Status" and select "Managed" or "Referenced" from the drop-down settings.
(Added the following paragraph.)
Thus to find all Images which have Managed Masters, use the above filter on your "Photos" container at the top of the Library tab of the Inspector. To convert them to having Referenced Masters, select them all and execute "File→Relocate Masters".
New Masters created by Aperture when you use the "Edit with {External Editor}" command or the "Edit with Plug-in" command should be stored in whatever Finder folder holds the Master of the Image. IOW, when Images with Referenced Masters are edited with the external editor or a plug-in, the new Master should also be Referenced, and should be located in the same Finder folder as the Master of the Image that was selected for editing. Is your system behaving differently? This is easily checked by using either of the commands and then using "{right click}→Show in Finder".
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What Type Discs - and System DVD Backup Problems

I am very new to Macs and like many others here, I am a convert, after 18 years of using both MS-DOS and Windows based machines.
What a difference this iMac is, very impressive, but I am slightly miffed I missed out on the Intel Mac by a few days (literally).
Anyhow I have a few questions I am hoping you might be able to assist me with:
1. I do not know what the difference is between single layer type discs and any other type.
2. I do not know the difference between DVD–R and DVD+R type discs and which I might choose for what application. (I know the RW types are for reading and writing to repeatedly)
3. How do I do a “Multi-session” to a CD+RW or DVD-RW Disc? I have quite a few of these from my PC days and when I used one on my G5 I used the ‘Burn’ option in Finder to add a few small files. Unfortunately after I burned the files to the disc, I found I could not add any more later. In Windows, I could use these types of discs by just dragging files on and off no matter how many times I wanted.
4. My biggest problem is backing up the two Apple system discs that came with my iMac G5 20” (iSight).
I have purchased some Apple branded DVD-R discs which are 4.7 GB in capacity, but the Apple System (Install) disc 1 is 5.59GB in size (according to Get Info).
I have tried using the DiskUtility program to make an image using the DVD/CD Master option. This will make the Disc Image but of course when it comes to writing it to the blank DVD disc it states that the disc image is too big for the supplied media (the 4.7GB DVD).
Does anyone here know how I can back this disc up please, because I am worried that it will become damaged or scratched over time, no matter how careful I am with it?
All help and advice appreciated.
Drusus

Welcome to the fold!
You ask some good questions and ones that a lot of people do not know the answers to since they have just never run into the technology.
A single or double layer DVD is just like it sounds. One can write one layer of data on a disk (about 4.7GB) and the other can actually write on two layers one the same side of the disk for a total of about 8.5GB of data.
The difference between the -R and +R disks is not as crucial as it was when DVD recording technology was in its infancy. When the tech was being developed, home DVD player manufaturers chose the -R format while computers went with the +R format. Nowadays, most DVD players and computers will read and write both types of disks, but if you are making a DVD movie for grandma for whom you bought a DVD player 5 years ago, you will want to use the -R disks as her player will most likely not read the +R disks.
There is no way to burn a true multisession DVD in Mac OS X. Sorry. You can follow Ken Stone's process for burning a multisession CD though.
I suppose if you buy dual-layer DVDs, you can make that image of the install DVDs, but since I have used them exactly once in the last 2 years, I am not worried about them becoming damaged.

Picture backup is also part of the workflow

Hi,
I'm very happy with all new features of v1.1. But I think picture backup is also part of the workflow. It would be very clever to keep track (from inside LR catalog) of where pictures have been backed-up. You'll find solutions like CDFinder/CDWinder, where you build catalogs of CDs/DVDs..., and other like Archive Creator, where the CD/DVD comes with an html catalog embedded. Well, just do both ! LR is allready able to create html galleries, it has everything for handling files and folders. What is missing ? : just one field for a media serial number (DVD# or harddisk#...) and a burning capability.
Anyway that's great what has been done till now. Keep on !
Xavier

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Matt M.

Data Backup 2.1 and Mac Memory Management?

I'm trialing a backup program called Data Backup 2.1. It keeps versions of my programs, which I need, as often I've had corruptions and have not notice this till a few days after the fact. I've been using Retrospect but read a review that praised Data Backup. The thing I've noticed with it is that although it is very fast, like SuperDuper, it seems to affect my free memory dramatically. I've noticed that it will finish and instead of having say 250 megs of Active memory in use I'll have 700 megs of active memory. Inactive will be low whereas normally its high. Free memory during its backup can drop to 20 megs (I have 1.5 gigs). The free memory, once you start to use your computer seems to recover to around 500 - 700 megs. The one thing I have noticed of concern is that while its running I get pageouts, which I never get and my reading about Mac memory management is you want to avoid pageouts and if you get them you need more memory (for what I'm doing 1.5 gigs should be plenty). I've asked the Data Backup people what's going on and they don't think its something to be concerned about but they said it is probably something to do with the way they are caching.
I'm just wondering - do you think this is something to be concerned about. I'd like to switch from Retrospect as although I know it I'm not sure how committed they are to the Mac market any longer and it is way slower in terms of activities but it does manage memory well. However I don't want to get Data Backup if it is affecting RAM inappropriately.
Kerry

Synchronize! Pro X will maintain versioned archives, perform full, incremental, and bootable backups both to local and to network devices. I have found that SPX is just about as full-featured as Retrospect with certain limitations. It cannot backup across multiple media (CDs, DVDs, tape), no extensive browser windows like Retrospect, no backups without scanning (as SuperDuper does for its "fast" updating backup.
SPX supports schedules, multiple-item backups (can select individual files and/or folders), extensive backup/synchronize customizations, can run as "root", can auto-mount devices (including network drives), and it's a universal binary.
It's also nearly as expensive as Retrospect but in my opinion it's worth it.
If you want a less costly backup solution without all the features of SPX, but with all the features of SuperDuper (and in my opinion better than SD) then try Deja Vu. Also a universal binary, it supports incremental archives, full, incremental, and bootable backups to local or network drives, supports scheduling and runs as a preference pane.
Finally, for the the truly cheap there are PsyncX and RsyncX - both freeware. They are GUI wrappers around the basic backup and synchronizing tools that are part of Unix (ditto, rsync, and psync.)
Download mentioned software from www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com.
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