Backup strategy requirements

Requirements

After addressing the items under “Considerations” on page 297, the following requirements have been identified for the backup solution of company XYZ:

•Backup Policy

•Full, weekly backups will occur and be completed within 12 hours.

•Daily incremental backups will occur at the end of each workday and will be completed within 8 hours.

•A permanent data protection period will be included.

•Backup media will be stored at a remote site.

•Backup

All backup operations must require less manual intervention than currently.

•Restore

•Convenient and fast restore of recent data must be provided. Data to be restored must be browsable for the first 3 weeks after backup.

•Restores of backups of data in the vault must be possible within two days.

•Network Connectivity

The backup servers and the departments will be connected to a 100TX Ethernet LAN.

•Planned Growth

Growth in the current data capacities is projected at 20 to 25% per year in the next five years.

•Software

The backup servers need to be running on one of the supported operating systems. For information on supported operating systems for the Cell Manager, see the HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references.

•Protection Against Disaster

Upon completion of backups, the media will be stored on-site, where they will be retrieved upon request for file restoration. After 20 days, they will be moved to an off-site storage facility for protection in case of a disaster at the company site, and to make space for new backups.

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