Scheduling Network Backups

Scheduling Network Backups Scheduling network backups for times when all machines are available can be a challenge—particularly if you have laptop computers that are not always on the network. Retrospect offers a great feature called Backup Server that constantly polls all the clients on a network. If it sees one that hasn't been backed up in at least 24 hours (or a period of time that you specify), it performs the backup right away. Backup Server can be restricted to run only during certain hours on certain days, and it can also use any available, designated hard disk as a destination—so you don't need to figure out in advance when to swap media.

Excerpted from Real World Mac Maintenance and Backups