Re: HMC backup

[Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

I seem to remember something about the saves being different.  The farther
you are away from an install, the longer it takes.  What you have described
seems normal to me.

Jim

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Dave Snyder <DSnyder@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   I just upgraded our HMC from 7.3.2 to 7.3.4 (with MH01152) - very smoothe
>   and farely quick process.
>
>   I did backups before to DVD-RAM and it took more than 1 hour.
>   I did a backup after to DVD-RAM and it took about two minutes.
>   These were the full HMC backups, not just the upgrade backup.
>
>   I am all for picking up the pace, just want to make sure I am not taking
>   speed and ignoring a problem. The boot process of the HMC seemed much
>   faster as well.
>
>   Anyone else experience such a thing? Should I be concerned or any way to
>   test and make sure the backup worked? The dialog box did say it was doing
>   the integrity checking.
>
>   Thanks.
>   Dave
>
>
>
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