Welcome to the Cumulus Support forum.
Latest Cumulus MX V4 release 4.0.1 (build 4023) - 16 May 2024
Latest Cumulus MX V3 release 3.28.6 (build 3283) - 21 March 2024
Legacy Cumulus 1 release 1.9.4 (build 1099) - 28 November 2014
(a patch is available for 1.9.4 build 1099 that extends the date range of drop-down menus to 2030)
Download the Software (Cumulus MX / Cumulus 1 and other related items) from the Wiki
Latest Cumulus MX V4 release 4.0.1 (build 4023) - 16 May 2024
Latest Cumulus MX V3 release 3.28.6 (build 3283) - 21 March 2024
Legacy Cumulus 1 release 1.9.4 (build 1099) - 28 November 2014
(a patch is available for 1.9.4 build 1099 that extends the date range of drop-down menus to 2030)
Download the Software (Cumulus MX / Cumulus 1 and other related items) from the Wiki
Black-uot
-
- Posts: 27
- Joined: Tue 09 Feb 2010 9:40 pm
- Weather Station: Elecsa 6976
- Operating System: Windows XP
- Location: Marconia - MT - Italia
- Contact:
Black-uot
Hello Steve,
you can install the program on the C drive
while the 'archive on disk D (data directory)
This is because in the case of black-uot the program does not ruin
Ciao Steve,
è possibile installare il programma sul disco C
mentre l' archivio sul disco D ( directory data )
Questo perchè in caso di blak-uot il programma non si rovina
you can install the program on the C drive
while the 'archive on disk D (data directory)
This is because in the case of black-uot the program does not ruin
Ciao Steve,
è possibile installare il programma sul disco C
mentre l' archivio sul disco D ( directory data )
Questo perchè in caso di blak-uot il programma non si rovina
- yv1hx
- Posts: 223
- Joined: Mon 05 Apr 2010 10:40 pm
- Weather Station: No station yet ...
- Operating System: Win XP Professional
- Location: Some point in the Earth
Re: Black-uot
Why do you asseverate this? Of course make sense , If you have your principal drive messed up for any reason, you will lost anything (hopefully) if the data is saved in another drive.water01 wrote:Don't wish to be rude but this does not make sense.
Marco
- yv1hx
- Posts: 223
- Joined: Mon 05 Apr 2010 10:40 pm
- Weather Station: No station yet ...
- Operating System: Win XP Professional
- Location: Some point in the Earth
Re: Black-uot
raimaker:raimaker wrote:Hello Steve,
you can install the program on the C drive
while the 'archive on disk D (data directory)
This is because in the case of black-uot the program does not ruin
Ciao Steve,
è possibile installare il programma sul disco C
mentre l' archivio sul disco D ( directory data )
Questo perchè in caso di blak-uot il programma non si rovina
Using the "External Programs" feature in Cumulus, you can run a batch file to backup your data in another drive, you have to decide how often you need to backup your data.
In my specific case, our stations uses the External Program feature for compressing all the data files in the Cumulus\Data Folder, then synchronizing those files with our web server, at our rollover time (midnight).
If a station failure occurs, hopefully we only lost the last 24 hours of data.
Hope this helps
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Marco
-
- Posts: 1700
- Joined: Mon 10 Aug 2009 10:16 pm
- Weather Station: No weather station
- Operating System: No operating system
- Location: World...
Re: Black-uot
Just curious... Why not install Cumulus on drive D...
- steve
- Cumulus Author
- Posts: 26701
- Joined: Mon 02 Jun 2008 6:49 pm
- Weather Station: None
- Operating System: None
- Location: Vienne, France
- Contact:
Re: Black-uot
The answer to the original question is no, you can only have the data folder in the same place that you install Cumulus. Possibly in the future this will change.
Regarding backing up data, then I would have thought it would be better to use a proper backup facility rather than relying on the Cumulus facility to run external programs.
Regarding backing up data, then I would have thought it would be better to use a proper backup facility rather than relying on the Cumulus facility to run external programs.
Steve
- steve
- Cumulus Author
- Posts: 26701
- Joined: Mon 02 Jun 2008 6:49 pm
- Weather Station: None
- Operating System: None
- Location: Vienne, France
- Contact:
Re: Black-uot
I wondered that too!gemini06720 wrote:Just curious... Why not install Cumulus on drive D...
Steve
-
- Posts: 1700
- Joined: Mon 10 Aug 2009 10:16 pm
- Weather Station: No weather station
- Operating System: No operating system
- Location: World...
Re: Black-uot
And if the operating system (be it Windows or another) gets corrupted or 'crashes', Cumulus and its data are still in 'good shape' (ie: good running conditions) on drive D.steve wrote:I wondered that too!gemini06720 wrote:Just curious... Why not install Cumulus on drive D...
Steve, please correct me if I am wrong (my memory is not what it used to be), but I think you mentioned that Cumulus writes very little if nothing at all in the Windows' registry file?
- steve
- Cumulus Author
- Posts: 26701
- Joined: Mon 02 Jun 2008 6:49 pm
- Weather Station: None
- Operating System: None
- Location: Vienne, France
- Contact:
Re: Black-uot
That's correct. Only the installer writes to the registry - the standard 'uninstall' information.gemini06720 wrote:Steve, please correct me if I am wrong (my memory is not what it used to be), but I think you mentioned that Cumulus writes very little if nothing at all in the Windows' registry file?
Steve
-
- Posts: 1700
- Joined: Mon 10 Aug 2009 10:16 pm
- Weather Station: No weather station
- Operating System: No operating system
- Location: World...
Re: Black-uot
So, technically, Cumulus could be run from drive D without a new installation (other than re-creating the links to the software).steve wrote:That's correct. Only the installer writes to the registry - the standard 'uninstall' information.gemini06720 wrote:Steve, please correct me if I am wrong (my memory is not what it used to be), but I think you mentioned that Cumulus writes very little if nothing at all in the Windows' registry file?
Note: Steve, I know it can be done as I have done it more than once (well, I have never installed Cumulus on drive C)... ...but I wanted you to confirm that possibility so other users might be able to use that option.
- robynfali
- Posts: 1076
- Joined: Sat 31 Jul 2010 10:34 pm
- Weather Station: Vantage Vue
- Operating System: Windows XP
- Location: Anglesey, North Wales, UK
- Contact:
Re: Black-uot
I am away for 6 days now (well 7 if you include the day i am queuing to get the new iphone, so I have backed up my entire cumulus folder onto a pen drive.
You could always leave a pen drive plugged in, and use a free file sync program such as this
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/
to back it up daily
You could always leave a pen drive plugged in, and use a free file sync program such as this
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/
to back it up daily
- steve
- Cumulus Author
- Posts: 26701
- Joined: Mon 02 Jun 2008 6:49 pm
- Weather Station: None
- Operating System: None
- Location: Vienne, France
- Contact:
Re: Black-uot
Yes, you can move it without causing any problems to Cumulus. The uninstaller would get confused, and also the installer when you install a new version of Cumulus - it would offer you the original location by default. I suspect this is why some users complain that they have 'lost' their data after an upgrade; they had moved the Cumulus installation previously.gemini06720 wrote:So, technically, Cumulus could be run from drive D without a new installation (other than re-creating the links to the software).
Steve
-
- Posts: 27
- Joined: Tue 09 Feb 2010 9:40 pm
- Weather Station: Elecsa 6976
- Operating System: Windows XP
- Location: Marconia - MT - Italia
- Contact:
Re: Black-uot
Hello everyone and thank you for your advice.
I will create a file back-up automatically.
How do I set External Programs
I will create a file back-up automatically.
How do I set External Programs