Christopher Greaves

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Encryption And Off-site Backup Storage (Home) ; Overview ; The Problem ; The Essence Of The Solution ; How Long Does It Take To Do A Backup? ; Assumptions ; Breakdown Of Tasks ; The Stand-Alone Solution ; The Networked Solution ; Let’s Get Started ; Mounting The Backup Drive ; Mounting An Encrypted Drive ; Waiting For The Backup Drive ; Processing Each Local Drive ; RoboCopy New And Later Files ; RoboCopy Parameter Files ; Append Session Details To A Log File ; Shutting Down the Computer ; Review For Local Systems ; Putting Together The Local Backup System ; SUBSTituting A Drive For A Folder ; Assembling The Batch File ; ( TITLE commands ); Running The Backup Batch File ; Examining Our Results ; Waiting For A Set Of Drives ; Issue the Backup Command To A Set Of Drives ; Modifying The Driving Batch File ; What About The Log File? ; The Upgraded Set Of Batch Files ; Encryption of backup data ; What Is Involved In Encrypting A Backup Device? ; ( Advice On Passwords ); What Is Involved In Mounting An Encrypted Device? ; User Mounted Or Automated? ; Using A DOS Batch File To Facilitate Mounting ; Using A DOS Batch File To Facilitate Dismounts ; Making The External Drives Available Across The Network ; Mounting A Shared Drive For Sharing ; Installing On A Networked Computer ; Running On The Big Beige Box ; An Improved Method Of Waiting ; Shutdown Or Restart? ; At Long Last! A Working Version! ; The Backup.BAT file ; The Mount.BAT file ; The ProcessDrive.BAT file ; The Shutdown.BAT File ; The Encryption Process

Toronto and Mississauga, Friday, December 03, 2010 8:32 AM

The Problem

Several problems will be solved simultaneously.

Occasionally you delete or overwrite a file you didn’t ought to. We’ll get it back.

You need a “snapshot” of your data , frozen in time, for some sort of audit-trail.

You are vulnerable to break-in and theft.

Your data might be re-creatable, but your client’s loss-of-confidence that their personal details are out there will cost you your business.

Unlikely that your office will catch fire, but if it does, you can be back in operation within 24 hours, and that means you’ll stay in business.

You don’t have time to do backups every day.

You don’t want to wait until the backups are complete so that you can go home.

You have a small network and everyone but you is technically illiterate. nice people, but technically illiterate.

You need a backup system that can be understood by the first technical support you drag in off the street.

That should do for starters.

In these notes we will solve ALL of these problems, and a few more!

The Essence Of The Solution

Toronto and Mississauga, Friday, December 03, 2010 8:32 AM