Backing Up Your Data
We cannot emphasize enough the importance of backing up data created in the Point of Sale system.
Data is created every day you serve meals and take money. This data forms the basis for the history that is so important to all the reports that may be created, claims that are to be filed, and all the information that is critical to the running of the food service departments administrative tasks.
To protect and preserve this data, the support and programming people at Systems Design have created programs that back up your data to a DVD every evening automatically. The data that is backed up includes all the data for the current day but also includes not only the complete data history but also the system data. This will permit our people to restore all your data and your system information in case something really bad happens to your server.
To make this happen, that is for us to be able to restore your system, you have an important part to play. When your system was installed we left at least five DVD’s each marked with a day of the week. This is so we can implement a five day rolling backup. Each day you should insert a DVD into the Food Service Server’s DVD drive that corresponds to the day marked on the DVD. That evening the system will back up all data to that disk and you will have a complete data history to that day. The next day you do the same.
Just in case something should happen to the entire facility where the server is installed, at least one of these DVD’s should be taken off premises each week. This way if something did happen, such as a fire, you would only have a day or so of data to recover but your history and system data would be safe.
Sometimes the server may be in a server room or other place with no easy access. In this case you will need to enlist the help of your IT people or others to insert the DVD’s and assist you in the preservation of your data. If you think this may be a real problem for your food service department you are urged to call our software support office
and discuss the issues with them. We offer an offsite data backup option. When elected, a small program will be installed on your server that executes the backup routine automatically and sends this data over the internet to one of our servers. We charge for this option by the size of the school district and the data transmitted. To inquire about this service please fill out a request on our contact form.
Remember…. securing your data (backup) is very important.
Data is created every day you serve meals and take money. This data forms the basis for the history that is so important to all the reports that may be created, claims that are to be filed, and all the information that is critical to the running of the food service departments administrative tasks.
To protect and preserve this data, the support and programming people at Systems Design have created programs that back up your data to a DVD every evening automatically. The data that is backed up includes all the data for the current day but also includes not only the complete data history but also the system data. This will permit our people to restore all your data and your system information in case something really bad happens to your server.
To make this happen, that is for us to be able to restore your system, you have an important part to play. When your system was installed we left at least five DVD’s each marked with a day of the week. This is so we can implement a five day rolling backup. Each day you should insert a DVD into the Food Service Server’s DVD drive that corresponds to the day marked on the DVD. That evening the system will back up all data to that disk and you will have a complete data history to that day. The next day you do the same.
Just in case something should happen to the entire facility where the server is installed, at least one of these DVD’s should be taken off premises each week. This way if something did happen, such as a fire, you would only have a day or so of data to recover but your history and system data would be safe.
Sometimes the server may be in a server room or other place with no easy access. In this case you will need to enlist the help of your IT people or others to insert the DVD’s and assist you in the preservation of your data. If you think this may be a real problem for your food service department you are urged to call our software support office
and discuss the issues with them. We offer an offsite data backup option. When elected, a small program will be installed on your server that executes the backup routine automatically and sends this data over the internet to one of our servers. We charge for this option by the size of the school district and the data transmitted. To inquire about this service please fill out a request on our contact form.
Remember…. securing your data (backup) is very important.