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#* again, this gives the main office data to review in case something went wrong with the send.

You can additionally back up mid day. In theory you can do this as frequently as you want, but there are draw backs: we only keep the last 20 backups, so if you back up 10 times a day we only have 2 days of backups for you. So, if we found out that we want to know something that happened last week, then if you did 10 a day we would no longer have the data, but if you did 3 a day, we usually would still have the data. So, be reasonable in your backup frequency.

You can additionally back up mid day. In theory you can do this as frequently as you want, but there are draw backs: we only keep the last 40 backups, so if you back up 10 times a day we only have 2 days of backups for you. So, if we found out that we want to know something that happened last week, then if you did 10 a day we would no longer have the data, but if you did 3 a day, we usually would still have the data. So, be reasonable in your backup frequency.

==Importance of backup to REGIONAL SERVER==

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* [[backup.bat]]

** back up to local backup directory c:\ccmdb_data\ccmdb_backups w 20 versions of [[CCMDB_data.mdb]]

** back up to server w 20 versions of [[CCMDB_data.mdb]] to the regional server

** back up to server w 40 versions of [[CCMDB_data.mdb]] to the regional server

** check if there is a file [[Regional Server]]\Programs\<hosp>_<ward>\ccmdb.accdb; if so,

** '''move''' the file from the regional server to c:\ccmdb_'''program'''

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== Error checking ==

Just do your backups and assume they work, there is no need for collectors to routinely check that the backups to the regional server are working. [[Data Processor]] in Main office checks regularly that backups are being done, so if backups are not making it to the regional server we will let you know.

~~Main office uses [[Backup_Checker.vbs]] to make sure the backups are working.~~

== Related articles ==

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[[Category: Batch Files]]

[[Category:Batch Files]]

[[Category: Data Backup Dependencies]]

[[Category:Data Backup Dependencies]]

[[Category: Backup]]

[[Category:Backup]]

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 #* again, this gives the main office data to review in case something went wrong with the send.
-You can additionally back up mid day. In theory you can do this as frequently as you want, but there are draw backs: we only keep the last 20 backups, so if you back up 10 times a day we only have 2 days of backups for you. So, if we found out that we want to know something that happened last week, then if you did 10 a day we would no longer have the data, but if you did 3 a day, we usually would still have the data. So, be reasonable in your backup frequency.
+You can additionally back up mid day. In theory you can do this as frequently as you want, but there are draw backs: we only keep the last 40 backups, so if you back up 10 times a day we only have 2 days of backups for you. So, if we found out that we want to know something that happened last week, then if you did 10 a day we would no longer have the data, but if you did 3 a day, we usually would still have the data. So, be reasonable in your backup frequency.
 ==Importance of backup to REGIONAL SERVER==
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 * [[backup.bat]]
 ** back up to local backup directory c:\ccmdb_data\ccmdb_backups w 20 versions of [[CCMDB_data.mdb]]
-** back up to server w 20 versions of [[CCMDB_data.mdb]] to the regional server
+** back up to server w 40 versions of [[CCMDB_data.mdb]] to the regional server
 ** check if there is a file [[Regional Server]]\Programs\<hosp>_<ward>\ccmdb.accdb; if so,
 ** '''move''' the file from the regional server to c:\ccmdb_'''program'''
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 == Error checking ==
 Just do your backups and assume they work, there is no need for collectors to routinely check that the backups to the regional server are working. [[Data Processor]] in Main office checks regularly that backups are being done, so if backups are not making it to the regional server we will let you know.
-Main office uses [[Backup_Checker.vbs]] to make sure the backups are working.
 == Related articles ==
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-[[Category: Batch Files]]
+[[Category:Batch Files]]
-[[Category: Data Backup Dependencies]]
+[[Category:Data Backup Dependencies]]
-[[Category: Backup]]
+[[Category:Backup]]