Hello; A problem with backups on the Listserv here has just been brought to my attention. Apparantly, our backup procedure isn't reliable where Listserv is concerned. We're running Listserv-NJE for VM version 1.8b. This Listserv is currently home to about 230 different lists, many of which can be extremely active during peak semester periods. About 90% of the lists here are also configured to maintain notebooks. The notebooks reside mostly on a separate minidisk, not the 191 that Listserv uses. We also use VMBackup as our backup software. How do you Listserv postmasters at other sites who run Listserv in this configuration handle backing up the table files and the actual lists' files themselves? I was just told by one of the people who runs the system on which we run Listserv that if we were to shut Listserv down to back it up, it would be down for several hours so shutting our Listserv down to back it up isn't an option for us as far as I can see. Any thoughts on this matter will definitely be appreciated. Stan Horwitz Listserv Postmaster Temple University Acknowledge to: OASIS@TEMPLEVM (or VM.TEMPLE.EDU)