Daily backup to FireWire drive

What is the best way to setup daily backup to external FireWire drive connected to Xserve?

Tom,
Is it just me or is Automator the most dissapointing thing that Apple have done for a while?
I've been attempting to do what you tried and I've wasted hours on this to no benefit. I followed a tutorial from maccreative mag and it simply does not work. The suggestion is to create smart folders and have them copied to an archive and then burn a disc. It sounds easy and sensible, but it does not work. I tried it and the disc only has references to the files not copies.
So, be warned, you can do this and it will appear to work, but if you disconnect your drive and take it away their won't be any data.
Regards,
Mark

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