Network Backup
 

Hi Dave

Is it better to use sparse bundle or sparse image or read only image for backing up over a network and how would i restore if i have a problem.

Terry

P.S. Dave a great piece of software keep up the hard work...

Well, sparse bundles are more efficient, so I'd use those if possible.

To restore, you'd either move the image/bundle locally and follow the steps in the User's Guide, or create a small boot device (e.g. a USB stick) that contains a basic OSX install with SuperDuper!, connect to the server, open the image, and use SD! to copy from that volume back to the internal.

Hi Dave

I'm new here (just register).
Maybe is out of this thread and maybe of this forum as well but you just mention something that might be a solution for my problem. USB stick with basic OSX install. How can I do it?
Not from my original CD (10.3.1 or so) but from what I got in my MBP (10.5.8). I saw several options on internet but all of them use the original CD.
My question is: using a USB disk to boot with SD! can SD! restore the entire disk from a disk image?
Considering that the USB disk got an older OS X version will SD! restore the harddrive with the latest backup OS X version?

Many thanks in advance

Luis

You'd basically just install OSX to the stick, using your MBP's DVD... definitely don't use 10.3...

HI Dave

Thanks for your reply.
I thought when you said "basic OS X install with SD!" that you had a way to install a bare skeleton of OS X just to run SD!. I said "10.3.1 or so" because I'm on the road and do not remember what was the version. it was Leopard anyway.:)
My question still remains: If you boot from a USB stick with an older OS X version and do a full restore from an disk image that contains a later OS X version which OS X version will be restored, the one on the USB or the one on the backup?

I apologize if I'm asking a silly question. I got a long way with windows but I'm new with Mac.

Regards

Luis

It's unlikely that a 10.3.x startup will be able to properly restore 10.5.x or later, Luis.