STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Products Manual (B5151-90003)

2 Managing Backups and Backup Media

This chapter describes the purpose and process of performing regular backups of your ﬁles

and systems. The sections in this chapter are:

• Why Perform Backups?

• TurboSTORE Backup Features

• STORE and RESTORE Process

• What Should You Backup?

• Scheduling Backups

• Preparing to STORE Files

• Using Unlabeled vs Labeled Media

• Maintaining a Backup Library

Why Perform Backups?

Selecting backup methods and scheduling regular backups are important aspects of a

system administrator's job. Standard procedures reduce the time necessary to perform

backups and guarantee that the most recent system information is always available. A

regular backup schedule reduces system interruption.

An important part of planning and performing system backups is making sure that the

resources you need are available and well managed. Maintain a supply of backup media

and labels and establish procedures for identifying and retaining backup media. Examples

of these procedures are explained in the pages that follow.