Sourcesafe

Fri Jun 5 08:21:18 PDT 2015

Microsoft Visual studios source control  also works with well. You can use Team Foundation Server or GIT with that.

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Harding, Dan
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 9:16 AM
To: framers
Subject: RE: Sourcesafe

I do something a little more robust, since I potentially want more than just one backup or restore point, but we do not have SVN or Git infrastructure here at work, and I don't know (or more accurately trust) how well various sourcecode versioning systems work with all of the images, fonts, FrameMaker files etc.

I use Cobian backup:

http://www.cobiansoft.com/index.htm

It's free backup software that allows scheduling, incremental backups, etc.

I backup my working folder nightly to a central server (which also has its own backups), using a 3-week rotation of full backups, meaning that at any given time I have 21 nights of backup to be able to access. It's all automated and runs in the background without my intervention.

For offsite (cloud) backups, I recommend CrashPlan (think Carbonite on steroids):

http://www.code42.com/crashplan/

I use this at home on the single-computer plan (will also back up any attached external drives, but not network folders) and with unlimited storage capacity and a 1-year subscription it runs $5 a month. It allows you to do both local and cloud backups and runs continuously in the background (so it's not scheduled like Cobian above; any time a file is changed it is backed up). It can be configured to run at various levels of encryption up to 448-bit, so your data is fully secure.

-Dan

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:49 AM
To: Denis Daly
Cc: framers; framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Sourcesafe

I do similar, but once at end of day just before leaving for the night.

I have a Robocopy batch file that mirrors my working directory on C: to my network drive that is backed up by IT every night.  I have a shortcut on my desktop that I click, then lock the machine and go home.  It looks similar to the following:

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echo
"*******************************************************************************">>
 c:\temp\robocopy.log
robocopy c:\[source directory] \ h:[destination
directory]   /MIR /a-:R /log+:"c:\temp\robocopy.log" /nfl /ndl

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This copies only the later version of the changed files and deletes the removed files. This way I always have a mirror of my working directory and a log of what was done.

This has saved my butt a number of times because since I know I have a mirrored directory, I can try things on my working directory of files knowing that if I don't get the expected results, I can always delete from my C drive and download my backup to try again.

The time it takes varies with how many files I've changed...it could go from 10 files to over 4,000 files, depending on what I've done since the last backup.

John X Posada
AML Syst & Ops Supt Data Analyst | US FCC & RC Systems Control & Analytics
| HSBC North America Holdings Inc
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From:	Denis Daly <d.daly at icpnewtech.com>
To:	framers <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Date:	06/05/2015 06:18 AM
Subject:	Sourcesafe
Sent by:	framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com

HI,

It has been recommended to me, by my Manager, that I use Sourcesafe to control archiving of all my Framemaker files. Sourcesafe is used by our Software developer to archive his files.

Currently, I manually archive on a weekly basis by copying files from my local C:\ drive to the company server.

Thoughts appreciated.

Kind regards,
Denis Daly
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