How we learned that “Backup Rules” and why
backup rules should be adhered to with unyielding fervour
A few weeks ago we (Sliding.ca) were doing some work for a client. As part of that process we were creating a WordPress blog site. At one point in the process we encountered a warning on the screen that seemed counter-intuitive to what we were doing.
After performing a few checks and considering our options we decided that the warning was an error and gingerly applied an index finger to the enter key and initiated registration for the client’s WordPress blog.
Everything seemed to be fine until, a short while later, when we went to our Sliding.ca website and realized that the entire site had been overwritten by our client’s site. We had, in effect, erased all the content at our Sliding.ca website. After a quick call to our service provider to see if they could retrieve our data we were told that the information was lost forever. We would have to reload all our data and, essentially, rebuild our website from scratch.
After talking with our very accommodating and helpful (as helpful as she could be under the circumstances) service provider listening to her gentle but well earned dressing down for not properly backing up ALL of our files we became instant adherents to her oft repeated chorus: backup rules!
The frustrating thing about the whole episode was that we already know that backup rules. In fact, we teach our clients that backup rules and we suggest, as one of the keys to successful presentations, that backup rules be established and used for every facet of a presentation.
When we present a seminar or a workshop we always make sure we take a backup computer, backup cables, backup materials for use in case the backups fail and backups for anything else we might need to ensure we have a successful event. Unfortunately, when it came to the most basic backup rules of all, we let our guard down.
We have learned our lesson. We now vigilantly follow the backup rules and backup anything and everything that to do with our business. So, what are the backup rules?
The backup rules are:
- Keep at least 2 copies of everything you consider important.
- Keep those copies in at least 2 different formats so that one fails you’re not completely shut down.
- Store at least 1 copy of anything you’ve backed up off-site; catastrophic loss is rare but it does happen.
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Our Sliding.ca website is now up and running and it’s better than ever. We survived our mini crisis, humbled but wiser for the experience, and we’re ready to move forward… backing up along the way.
Cheers, Patrick