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bravocharlie Aeon
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Join date: 4 Feb 2008
Posts: 3
12-01-2008 10:50
Not sure if I am posting this in the proper forum as I usually don't post at all, but there has been a problem for some time with inventory items being lost in SL. Not just left somewhere and forgotten, but being gone from inventory completely. I have experienced this numerous times myself, and I am hearing that others are having the same problems.
I understand that there is a program called SLInventory to back up your inventory to your HD, but there are severe limitations to that.
I feel, and I am sure I am not alone in this, that the SL viewer needs to have the ability to backup up not just user settings and keep them on your hard drive, but also a complete backup of ALL inventory items. Not just those you created that have full perms, but the ENTIRE inventory, in the off-chance that the servers crash and inventory is lost.
I just had an item returned to me that was "FOUND", that I created 6 months ago, that had disapeared out of my inventory, which I had to re-create, to finish a build. That is just a little irritating.
I think the upgrade to the Current version ought to include such a backup system to make sure items don't just evaporate into SL cyber space.
Lindal Kidd
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Join date: 26 Jun 2007
Posts: 8,371
12-01-2008 11:18
It's a lovely idea, but it probably won't happen. If the data is on your hard drive, it is theoretically accessible, no matter what sort of encryption scheme you employ. Putting a copy of all your stuff on your hard drive has HUGE implications for the protection of intellectual property rights.

I'd settle for a daily backup of the inventory servers and a weekly comparison of the live database with the backup.
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bravocharlie Aeon
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12-01-2008 14:47
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From: Lindal Kidd
It's a lovely idea, but it probably won't happen. If the data is on your hard drive, it is theoretically accessible, no matter what sort of encryption scheme you employ. Putting a copy of all your stuff on your hard drive has HUGE implications for the protection of intellectual property rights.

I'd settle for a daily backup of the inventory servers and a weekly comparison of the live database with the backup.
Casey Seifert
No faith in humanity
Join date: 7 Nov 2005
Posts: 50
12-20-2008 18:00
I've lost about $L5,000's worth of stuff by SL just eatting my inventory. Probably nothing compared to some other people. :D

Try and make complete copies of stuff you have each time you buy or receive stuff, it's the only thing you can do that I can think of that'll help. But obviously it doesn't help with no copy stuff.

Also, I don't believe Lindens will refund the equivalent $L lost, or replace your lost items. At least not within the same year of reporting the problem if you don't own a sim. =P
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Join date: 10 Apr 2004
Posts: 3,398
12-23-2008 07:03
I have posted this on other links...
My wife who joinned SL the same time I did, received an email from LL a couple of months ago.... Good News and Bad News...

Good News.. your account avatar name is still useable...

Bad News... after 4 1/2 years.. you entire inventory has been lost and we cannot recover it. Have a great day...

No recompense, no apology, no recourse. 90% of the inventory is irreplaceable as most of the items are no longer made, and or the designers have left SL. She signed in to a noobie account inventory. We estimated the replacement cost would be in several million L$'s.

The same day, I found SLInventory and bought the multiple account version, so I could backup all the items from our inventories, that are applicable to our companies in SL. I also backed up everything that I possibly could from all the accounts under our control. It's not perfect, but the alternative is devistating.
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