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Table Of Contents
Creating and Restoring Database Backups
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The following topics provide information about creating and restoring database backups:
“Types of Interplay Administrator Backups” on page 30
“Recommendations for Backup Configuration” on page 31
“Scheduling Automatic Database Backups” on page 35
“Setting the Number of Database Backups to Keep” on page 34
“Starting a Backup Manually” on page 39
“Using an Archiving Tool for Backup” on page 40
“Restoring an Earlier Version of a Database” on page 42
“Performing a Partial Restore of an Interplay Production Database” on page 53
“Creating a Metadata-Only Backup for Customer Support” on page 57
Types of Interplay Administrator Backups
The Interplay Administrator lets you run create two different kinds of metadata backups: a
Complete metadata backup and a Fast metadata backup. You can schedule backups to run
automatically or you can run a backup manually. The following table describes the different
types of backups.
Backup Type Description
Complete (Full) backup Creates copies of database files in the _Database folder and streamed
properties files in the _PropertyStore folder. Streamed properties include
metadata about Avid assets, such as head frames and AAF information.
This is the preferred backup.
Fast backups:
- Incremental Creates copies of database files and streamed properties files that were
added to the database since the last Complete Backup, the last Incremental
Backup, or the last Differential Backup.
- Differential Creates copies of database files and streamed properties files that were
added to the database since the last Complete Backup. In most cases, this
backup takes longer to perform than an Incremental backup.
- Metadata Only (Manual backup only) Creates copies of database files in the _Database
folder, but not streamed properties files in the _PropertyStore folder. This
type of Fast backup is less useful than an Incremental or Differential
backup. See
“Starting a Backup Manually” on page 39.