Scheduled backup to an unmounted USB drive
  • Bob Easton
    1
    First, THANKS for starting the forums again. I know they will be helpful.

    For a quasi-hybrid approach, I schedule a weekly backup to my "almost offsite" USB drive which is kept in a fireproof safe. [This is in addition to daily backups to other destinations.] Currently, I use a Google calendar reminder to prompt me to go get the drive, connect it, and manually start that backup plan.

    Since CloudBerry backup already has such a good scheduler built in, can CloudBerry be configured to also issue a prompt of some sort to mount that drive ... and to wait for the mount? [Maybe I should just schedule it and see what happens...]

    Thanks again!
    Bob Easton Options
  • MSP360
    9
    Bob, Have you looked into using a pre/post Actions? You can specify a pre-backup action to map the drive and it will do that every time the job runs.
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  • Bob Easton
    1
    Thanks Doug.
    Sounds just like what I want. But, how?
    I'm using the simple CB Backup Desktop Edition and haven't found a way to specify the actions. Maybe they're hiding someplace I haven't found yet.
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  • MSP360
    9
    ↪Bob Easton
    Sorry about that, we have it in our server edition
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  • Bob Easton
    1
    OK. Makes sense.

    Thanks again.
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  • MSP360
    9
    ↪Bob Easton
    we are working on an update that will enable pre/post actions in the desktop edition.
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  • Bob Easton
    1
    PERFECT!
    I'll watch for it. Thanks Doug.
    Bob Easton Options
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