Managing MSS FTP Backups

[TechJimF]

Hello All,

Have an MSS 3.1. Implemented FTP backups. Each backup creates a new folder and as far as can see no way of telling the MSS to keep 'x' amount of backups.

Do I have to delete older backups from our FTP server so it doesn't fill up over time?

Thanks,

Jim

 

[KenMeans]

Yes some customer have a script that will delete the files after x number of days.

Ken Means

http://www.tel-is.com

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

 

[admsr]

What i find that really sucks is the fact that you can't schedule a backup via FTP and a backup to Local DVD. You have to manually switch back and forth if you need both.

 

[KenMeans]

Well you want your cake and eat it to. When all you could do was backup to a DVD then everyone wanted a backup to LAN. Why would you want to do both at the same time? You just use the file from the FTP backup and replicate it to a 2nd store for redundancy.



Ken Means

http://www.tel-is.com

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

 

[TechJimF]

I agree, with FTP backup, DVD is useless. Our FTP server is backed up nightly to tape backup (along with the rest of the data center) making the DVD backup unused.