What backup and administration tools are available to ensure the safety of the database?
Network data backup is provided through the use of a combination of two systems. The first is 4D Backup which is provided as a component of the 4D Server application. 4D Backup is a separate application that runs at predetermined times to maintain an incremental backup of the data file. Your database or network administrator must install and configure 4D Backup and they will normally set it to run once each day. 4D Server works in conjunction with 4D Backup to produce a log file of all changes made to the data file since 4D Backup has last backed up the data file. This log file is continuously and automatically updated by 4D Server to record each change made to the data file when those changes are made. Finally, complete backup also requires the use of one of the file backup systems such as Retrospect from Dantz Software. This software, and applications like it, will search each hard disk of computers on the network and create a backup version of any software that has been added or mod
