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Locked How can I keep a safe copy of the config/panel xml type file off the computer

 

I have a working JMRI progra on my layout with good signaling using CMRI hardware interface that I built many years a go and have updated to use a new SUIC on the mother board with DCCOD detectors. I have an operation led signal heads/masts and great panel of the layout developed on Panel Pro. The computer is an aging HP portable. I want to prevent a fatal computer crash that could wipe out my config/panel xml file/program. I would like to have an off site location - possibly a flash drive if I have to reinstall JMRI. Any suggestions?
 

James,

On 25 May 2019, at 12:50 PM, James Purdy <drjjpurdy@...> wrote:

I have a working JMRI progra on my layout with good signaling using CMRI hardware interface that I built many years a go and have updated to use a new SUIC on the mother board with DCCOD detectors. I have an operation led signal heads/masts and great panel of the layout developed on Panel Pro. The computer is an aging HP portable. I want to prevent a fatal computer crash that could wipe out my config/panel xml file/program. I would like to have an off site location - possibly a flash drive if I have to reinstall JMRI. Any suggestions?
Dropbox plays well with JMRI to give you an offsite copy. Many JMRI developers and users do this and we have written a help page on the topic. The principles would also apply to Google Drive, OneDrive and other similar, but Dropbox is probably the one most used with JMRI:
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This page may also be helpful:
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But Dropbox/Google Drive/OneDrive must not be your only backup. Things can go wrong. You will also need to regularly keep a copy of your User Files Location elsewhere, such as on an alternating pair of flash drives. Google search for "3-2-1 backup rule".

Dave in Australia
Robert Schworm
 

For backing up my jmri user files, I use this approach...

My RPI is under my layout in my basement.? My normal pc laptop is 2 floors up.? So I installed ftp on the PI and use FileZilla client on the pc.? I simply point to the RPI ip address and the contents appear in my right pane on the pc. Then I navigate the left pane on the PC to my desktop to my storage folder. ( or to a usb stick ) ?I then drag the jmri users folder off the RPI onto the pc's folder and poof - - - the backup is done! Same goes for putting on a stick.? Saves me from climbing 2 flights of stairs.? I might mention here that both the RPI and my pc are network devices to my home router, so they can see each other.

A simpler backup is to install a usb stick in your pc and drag the jmri users folder onto it.

A final note - - keep ALL your working files in the jmri users folder on your jmri pc. ?when you upgrade jmri, this folder is not touched.? Bob
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Thanks.
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Bob
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On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:13 PM Dave Heap <dgheap@...> wrote:
James,

> On 25 May 2019, at 12:50 PM, James Purdy <drjjpurdy@...> wrote:
>
> I have a working JMRI progra on my layout with good signaling using CMRI hardware interface that I built many years a go and have updated to use a new SUIC on the mother board with DCCOD detectors. I have an operation led signal heads/masts and great panel of the layout developed on Panel Pro. The computer is an aging HP portable. I want to prevent a fatal computer crash that could wipe out my config/panel xml file/program. I would like to have an off site location - possibly a flash drive if I have to reinstall JMRI.? Any suggestions?

Dropbox plays well with JMRI to give you an offsite copy. Many JMRI developers and users do this and we have written a help page on the topic. The principles would also apply to Google Drive, OneDrive and other similar, but Dropbox is probably the one most used with JMRI:
<>
This page may also be helpful:
<>

But Dropbox/Google Drive/OneDrive must not be your only backup. Things can go wrong. You will also need to regularly keep a copy of your User Files Location elsewhere, such as on an alternating pair of flash drives. Google search for? "3-2-1 backup rule".

Dave in Australia

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