User`s guide

15-4 Back up and restore Meridian Mail data
Overview
Standard 1.0 System Administration Guide January 1998
Overview
Introduction
This section describes the three types of backups: selective,
partial, and full.
It is important to perform backups regularly as they provide a
safeguard against disk failure. Recovery from a system where
no backups have been made entails a complete reentry of all
user and site-specific information.
Nightly audits
Nightly VS audits have been modified to permit an overnight
full backup. If a backup is running, the VS audit will be
repeatedly delayed until either the backup completes or a
specified time limit, set upon installation, is reached, (around
4:30 a.m.). If the time limit is reached, the VS audit will force
the backup to be aborted. Previously, overnight full backups
were likely to fail due to a conflict with one of the automatic
nightly VS audits.
The Volume and
Selective Backup
screen
The following is an example of the Volume and Selective
Backup screen where backup options are accessed.