[Box Backup] Comments on BoxBackup 0.09b Win32 reliability?

[Per Thomsen]

On 1/29/05 5:24 AM, Gary wrote:

>Hi Everyone,
>
>I have been following BoxBackup progress for some time now, but never
>tried the system yet due to lack of a native Win32 port. I notice 0.9
>version introduces a "Native Windows (client only, still in testing)".
>I also found the Win32 0.9b version on the list archive with latest
>fixes.
>
>Question: is anyone out there running the Win32 0.9b native client
>successfully on regular basis? Any comments on its reliability and
>possible pitfalls at this point in the development process? I would be
>happy to install and join the testing process, if the 0.9b can be
>trusted reasonably well to get my backups done, perhaps with some
>additional backup verification.
>  
>
I'm running the 0.09b client on 2 of my clients' machines, and will be 
upgrading other Windows machines soon.

I have tested restores with no problems, and actually had a real restore 
this past week (courtesy of QuickBooks).

One issue remains: running in snapshot mode using the native Windows 
client does not work yet. This can be (somewhat) worked around by 
setting the backup-interval to be 24 hours. When the machine is 
rebooted, however the client will backup again, right away. This means 
that effectively you can't control the timing of the backups. If you 
want 2am backups every day, you'll have to use the cygwin client and cron...

Other than that, the client is very reliable. It backs up and restores 
like a champ.

Thanks,
Per

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