User`s guide

15-20 Back up and restore Meridian Mail data
Performing a partial backup to tape
Standard 1.0 System Administration Guide January 1998
Performing a partial backup to tape
Introduction
A partial backup to tape backs up your system configuration
and user information. This backup backs up only user data, and
not voice.
Labeling backup tapes
During every backup, all tapes should be labeled and numbered
as they are removed from the tape drive.
Backup tape
requirements and
time estimates
The following table lists the backup tape requirement estimates
for a partial backup for each system.
One partial backup (250 Mbyte tapes)
System # Tapes System # Tapes System # Tapes
1 node 2 node 3 node
5 h
11 h
24h
36 h
54 h
100 h
1
1
1
1
1
1
26 h
54 h
84 h
114 h
200 h
1
1
1
1
1
30 h
60 h
90 h
120 h
200 h
1
1
1
1
1
4 node 5 node
45 h
90 h
120 h
180 h
300 h
1
1
1
1
1
60 h
120 h
180 h
240 h
400 h
1
1
1
1
2