Backup Software - Second Copy: Swapping Disk Drives?

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Second Copy: Swapping Disk Drives?

(PeteCresswell)

2007-02-18, 1:12 pm

I've started using SecondCopy as a supplement to my Retrospect backups and like
it a lot.

Question:

Let's say I have SecondCopy's scripts pointed at external USB drive "F:" and let
it run for a couple of days. The directory structure on F is
F:
2ndCopy
Current
Superceded

Now I disconnect physical drive "F:" and plug in another USB drive and have it
come up as "F:" - same directory structure.

Will SecondCopy be happy? i.e. will it's scripts run normally in that they
will fully populate "Current" the first time they run and then start populating
"Superceded" as they replace files on "Current"? Or does it keep an DB
somewhere that will make it think that most files are already backed up to
"Current"?

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PeteCresswell

(PeteCresswell)

2007-02-18, 7:13 pm

Per (PeteCresswell):
>Will SecondCopy be happy?

I bit the bullet, formatted a new drive, and gave it a try.

*Seems* to work.... flip-flopped back-and-forth between two drives with the same
letter and there didn't seem tb any problems. I'd suspect that SecondCopy
doesn't keep a DB - that it works from the directory lists on-the-fly... and I'd
call that a Good Thing...
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PeteCresswell