Backup and Restore Operations

Screen 8-9: Backup/Restore Menu

BACKUP/RESTORE MENU

1.Define, delete, and list backup_restore servers

2.Create, delete, and restore backups from a remote server

3.Copy backups to/from tape

Enter Menu Selection

[ Type q to QUIT, ? for HELP, or ^ to GO BACK ] ==> 3

Administration

To copy all variable configuration files to tape, select item 3 on the Backup/Restore menu (Screen 8-9) and then item 3 on the Tape Backup Management menu (Screen 8-10).

Screen 8-10: Tape Backup Management Menu

TAPE BACKUP MANAGEMENT MENU

1.Display the contents of a backup-restore tape

2.Selectively copy variable files from tape to disk

3.Copy ALL variable files to tape

Enter Menu Selection

[ Type q to QUIT, ? for HELP, or ^ to GO BACK ] ==> 3

Insert a blank tape which is not write-protected into the tape drive when instructed to do so. If the LCS60 has been configured as a backup/restore server, the tape that is created will also contain the backups of all of the server's clients.

This copy all function should always be used to back up backup/restore servers. Although it is possible to use the centralized backup/restore facility to back up a server, the user is strongly urged not to do this, since doing so consumes a large amount of disk space on the server and provides no additional network security. For example, if an entire network were backed up remotely to a server and the

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