Backup and Restore Operations

From a Server

To initiate a backup or a restore from a server, log onto the server; select option 2 from Screen 8-11 to obtain Screen 8-15.

Screen 8-15: Centralized Backup Operations Menu Server

Administration

CENTRALIZED BACKUP OPERATIONS MENU -- SERVER

1.Select a client to back up

2.Select a client, delete its backups

3.Select a client, list its backups

4.Select a client to restore

Enter Menu Selection

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

For the appropriate task, see Table 8-2. An example of a backup from a server is shown below.

Back up a client's variable files.

Clients known by this server

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brown

Enter client name

[ Type q to quit or ? for help ] ==> brown

Type name of backup or press RETURN for default of "9401251342" [ Type q to quit ]

==> backup1

Creating backup named "backup1" .

-"morse" calling "brown": assemble backup data.

-"morse" calling "brown": retrieve backup.

-Storing backup on server "morse" .

-"morse" calling "brown": clean up.

-Backup complete !!

Choose a logical name for the backup. The backup is the filename on the server which stores the variable files. The default (yymmddhhmm) signifies the date and time of the backup.

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