Quote from vicente on 08/25/09 at 09:47:42:Thanks for the reply and sorry for posting under important topics. I would move my post if I could.
It is comforting to hear that it is OK to use a backup without first having synchronized the master with the remote or replica file.
I am however somewhat puzzled because I have read that when the master and remote files are both online and ecco has updated both files with any changes that may be necessary, those changes are then removed from the .ecg file which keeps track of outstanding changes. The changes are now reflected in the master and remote files and no longer in the .ecg file. If I now replace either the master or the replica with an older version the two files will no longer be the same. The .ecg file does not know that I have replaced the file and therefore cannot keep track of any differences between them resulting from my replacement. Will those differences then persist indefinitely?
the ECG is a FULL copy of your file.
the .bak file contains last update time.
The master does a good job of filling in changes if not extensive.
in theory there can be issues of very extensive changes, but have never tested the limits-- you can.
create a test file w/ a sync slave.
save a bk1
then make dramatic changes, deletions, etc. etc.
update slave
then open the bk1 (after rename)
does it auto-update ?