This is a staging forum for AgileBits, not an official support forum. Visit http://discussions.agilebits.com instead.

Backup wtih Time machine

tcoates
tcoates
in Knox
i was reading the backup docs. I know i should exclude vaults from time machine. Seems to me that i do not have to exclude the back ups if they are on the disk, as all the vaults will be closed by your backup utility. so if i use your utility to back up every night ... exclude the main vault, but not the backup directory, i should always have a clean time machine backup of the backup made by your software ...



am i thinking straight? ..
Flag

Comments

  • khad
    khad Social Choreographer ✭
    edited August 2011
    You've got it spot on. <img src='http://forum.agilebits.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/skype_smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':-)' />



    "Backing up the backups" is precisely what we recommend.



    If we can be further assistance, please let us know.



    We are always here to help!
    Flag
  • mtimmer
    mtimmer
    I have been backing up my vaults daily to my iDisk, but I like this idea as well. Since Time Machine doesn't back up iDisk files, is there a way I can automate Knox to do a second daily back-up to a local disk?
    Flag
  • MikeT
    MikeT Agile Samurai
    edited September 2011
    Hi mtimmer,



    There isn't a way to let Knox create a second run to back up your active vaults to a local disk but you can use a secondary tool to copy your backups folder to any number of folders. A known freeware that can do this is Carbon Copy Cloner, [url="http://www.bombich.com/index.html"]http://www.bombich.com/index.html[/url]
    Flag