User Guide

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Storage Management Services Administration Guide
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August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Keeping a Backup Logbook
Keep a hard copy log of your backups in case your online log and error files
become corrupted. The log should contain the following information:
Source backed up (such as the server or workstation name)
Full path for session log and error files directory
Full path for backed-up data
Label of the media on which the backup is stored
Description of the session
Name or initials of the person performing the backup
Date and time of the backup session
Planning a Backup Schedule
Before you begin backup procedures, plan a backup schedule based on your
needs. Consider such factors as the number of users and frequency of changes
to files.
You can perform different types of backups on different schedules:
Daily—Perform an incremental or differential backup after the close of
business. If revisions are heavy and rapid, consider several backup
sessions each day.
Weekly—Perform an incremental or differential backup after the close of
business on the last day of the week for three of the four weeks in the
month.
Monthly—Perform a full backup on the last business day of the month
(for example, the last Friday).
Major changes—Perform a full backup before and after you change your
configuration, and before and after you upgrade your server to a new
version of NetWare.
Application changes—Perform a custom backup before and after you
modify applications.