Is there a way to edit the plist so that everything on Snow Leopard Server gets backed up?

Hi there:
I have read that using Time Machine to back up Snow Leopard Server (10.6.8) itself, including the Mail and OpenDirectory modules, can cause problem when restoring.  Has a way been found to fix this?  Does it involved editing a plist?  If not, are there 3rd party software programs (other than SuperDuper and CCC) that can make a complete, restorable image?
Thanks!
8FConsulting

8FConsulting wrote:
Hi there:
I have read that using Time Machine to back up Snow Leopard Server (10.6.8) itself, including the Mail and OpenDirectory modules, can cause problem when restoring.  Has a way been found to fix this?  Does it involved editing a plist?  If not, are there 3rd party software programs (other than SuperDuper and CCC) that can make a complete, restorable image?
The most common or likely problem is that on a server some files are in constant use when the server is running. For example a FileMaker Pro Database server. As the files are in use it is possible for information to be in memory and not yet written to disk, or for the file to be in the process of being modified and only part of the modifications having been written to disk.
Time Machine, SuperDuper and CCC are I would feel all equally likely to be affected by this. The only sure fire way to prevent this is to boot from a different drive before doing the backup. Some server software like FileMaker Pro Server has its own routines to periodic backups, you would then backup the backup file . Apple has a similar 'Archive' function in Server Admin for backing up the Open Directory databases.
Note: A server crash is just as likely (if not more so) to result in files being in an inconsistent state. As crashes are a somewhat expected occurance the software (one hopes) has been designed to recover from this sort of state.
Last I read Apple did not encourage using Time Machine to backup a server although I do use this. However I only use it as an additional form of backup. I also use CCC and Retrospect (you can never have too many backups). I would tend to use Time Machine as my last choice for doing a full restore, for speed reasons if nothing else.

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