Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:34:48 -0400   
   From: HECTOR SANTOS   
   To: DAVID DEMBSKI   
   Subject: RE: WINS - Data Backup Tool   
   Newsgroups: win.server.wish.list   
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   In the last release, we cleaned up the section Backup Operations.  See that   
   section.   There is a new option that allows you to open files in read mode.   
      
   However, if you are using XP/2003/2008/VISTA, you can use VSS or Volume   
   Shadow copy Service or some called it Volume Snapshot Service which   
   Microsoft uses to BREAK your protection of locked files in order to take a   
   "SnapShot" of the files.  Only VSS can do this and other vendors that offer   
   Open File Agents.  VSS is a competitor to OFA - basically put OFA people   
   out of business but OFA is still good for pre XP systems like 2000 and NT.   
      
   VSS is nice in that it NTBACKUP supports it. So you can use your normal   
   NTBACKUP to backup Wildcat! now - COMPLETELY.   
      
   If you want to use the new special Registry Flag that WCSERVER will use to   
   open the files in read mode, with this you can use any command line tool to   
   copy files, like ROBOCOPY.EXE.  I can't be sure if ROBOCOPY supports VSS in   
   maybe 2008 and Vista, but I don't think in XP/2003 - if I remember.   
      
   For that, I have a Wildcat! VSS command line tool that will work for   
   XP/2003 that I will be coming out for testing once I add a few more things   
   to it.   
      
   But if you have XP/2003+,  NTBACKUP will work to backup Wildcat! using VSS   
   and no special flag is needed, keeping the integrity of the system intact.   
      
   Let us know what you find in your exploration of this.   
      
   --   
      
      
   On 2008-08-14 5:46 PM, DAVID DEMBSKI wrote to HECTOR SANTOS:   
      
   > Dear Hector,   
   >    
   > Something it would be nice is a WINS data backup tool, which will backup all    
   > settings, databases and extra files, which are within the WINS core.   
   >    
   > Export settings, databases and extra files   
   > Import settings, databases and extra files   
   >    
   > Cheers,   
   > David    
       
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