User`s guide

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Backing up selected individual multimedia services
Standard 1.0 System Administration Guide January 1998
Backing up selected individual multimedia services
Introduction
The selective backup Individual option backs up all specified
multimedia services. Services are specified by service ID. There
are 30 input areas for specified services, which can be expanded
with the use of ‘+’ and ‘_’ wildcards.
Recommendation
It is recommended that you perform selective backups on a
different tape from other backups (such a volume backups.)
Procedure
To perform a selective backup of all multimedia services,
follow these steps.
Starting Point:
The Main Menu
Step Action
1 Select General Administration.
Result:
The General Administration screen appears.
2 Select Volume and Selective Backup.
Result:
The Volume and Selective Backup screen appears.
3 Use the arrow keys to move to SELECTIVE BACKUP Services,
press the Space Bar to select it, and press [Backup To Tape].
Result:
The Disk to Tape Backup window appears.
4 Enter an appropriate label for this selective backup.
5 Use the arrow keys or space bar to select Individual, and press
Tab.
6 Enter the numbers for service ID for all services to be backed
up. Use wildcards ‘+’ and ‘_’ to specify more than 10 wildcards.
Note:
Wildcards are only permitted as the last character of an
input, and only one wildcard is allowed per input field.
7 Do you want to back up now?
• If yes, then press [Immediate Backup].
Result:
The softkeys change to [OK to Start Backup] and
[Cancel].
• If no, go to “Scheduling the backup for a later time” on
page 15-42.