User Guide

22 Storage Management Services Administration Guide
Storage Management Services Administration Guide
103-000134-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Preparing to Back Up
Careful planning can help you minimize the impact of data loss. Before you
back up, consider the following:
 What should be backed up
 Where to back up
 Backup type
 Who should back up
 When to back up
 How to prepare for a backup
 How to track backup
Open Files Backup
TSA600.NLM supports backup of open files on Novell Storage Services
(NSS) volumes if the CopyOnWrite feature is enabled.
To enable CopyOnWrite on a single NSS volume, do the following:
1 At the server console, enter
nss /FileCopyOnWrite=volume_name
2 Dismount and remount the volume.
2a To dismount the volume, enter
dismount volume_name
2b To remount the volume, enter
mount volume_name
To enable the feature on all NSS volumes, enter
nss /FileCopyOnWrite=all
Continue with the next sections to prepare for the backup session.