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Andrew Story said:
Hi,
My org uses offline files with win2k and XP for mobile users. We
seem to have lots of issues with the offline cache becoming corrupt,
loosing the sync setting, and my docs all of a sudden being no longer
sync'd etc.
Can anyone reccommend a free alternatove for mobile users please? I'd
ideally like their data goin to the server to backup where possible
so I've got it to tape.
TIA, Andy
We tried offline files and found them as hopeless and troublesone as you
have.
Eventually we decided to create a script thats scheduled to run 3 times a
day
@echo off
REM *************************************************************
REM
REM Local PC Backup to Server script
REM
REM
REM *************************************************************
REM
REM Set Source and Target Dirs
REM ------------------------------
SET _Notes_Source_Dir=C:\Lotus\Notes
SET _Target_Dir=H:\Laptop Backup
REM ------------------------------
echo.
echo Start file backup
echo.
Time /T
Date /T
echo.
XCOPY "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\*.*" "%_Target_Dir%\Profiles\My
Documents\*.*" /D /E /Y /H /R /F /I /C
XCOPY "%USERPROFILE%\Favorites\*.*" "%_Target_Dir%\Profiles\Favorites\*.*"
/D /E /Y /H /R /F /I /C
XCOPY "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\*.*" "%_Target_Dir%\Profiles\Start Menu\*.*"
/D /E /Y /H /R /F /I /C
XCOPY "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\*.*" "%_Target_Dir%\Profiles\Desktop\*.*" /D /E
/Y /H /R /F /I /C
When they're in the office it backs up the My Docs, desktop, Start Menu and
Favorites. If they're not logged in it runs but does nothing. It's
incremental so it only backs up changed or new files.
It doesnt delete files that have been deleted from the host PC but all we do
occasionally is delete the entire back up and recreate a new copy.
We also put a shortcut to the script on the desktop so the can manually
backup to their home drive when on the server
I also have a customised version on some laptops to back up to a USB disk
for some users.
It works much better than offline files.
HTH?
