OT: Are your backups running?

[daN baueR]

I failed to mention this message only goes to key players and they don't even have to click "yes". Just press enter. A quick glance and it flashes right by. But failures tend to stand out if only because its easier to notice a change in the standard pattern. Nothing is 100% reliable but it's worked. You could get fancier and only show the pop up on failures. 

Dan

Sent using a portable electronic communications device.  Please excuse the brevity of this message and erratic spelling/typing. 

On Dec 6, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote:

> On 12/6/2012 4:22 PM, daN baueR wrote:
>> My solution was to cat the last 10 days from the log file as users logged
>> in. That means they have to at least look at it every day. They get to
>> see a running status of the most recent backup results and failures will
>> at least sometimes catch their attention.
> [...]
> 
> And, just as users who are bombarded with "are you sure" questions will start to click "yes" on everything, are you sure that they actually *read* what is shown to them every time they log in?
> 
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody