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5 Backing Up the iNEWS System
Proper maintenance of the iNEWS system requires three kinds of backups:
Database backups—of the iNEWS database
Software backups—of iNEWS software and the operating system
System file backups—of files like /site/config and /etc/hosts
This chapter explains the procedures for the various types of backups necessary to maintain
the iNEWS system. It also provides general information about using tapes and tape drives or
conducting a tapeless backup for iNEWS on RedHat Enterprise Linux.
This chapter contains the following main sections:
Tape Operations
Backing up the iNEWS Database
- Backing up the Entire Database to Tape
- Tapeless Database Backup
- Backing up Individual Queues
Restoring Data to the iNEWS Database
Disaster Recovery Planning
Backing up Software
Backing up System Site Files