Backing Up and Restoring Data

The Storage Management ServicesTM (SMSTM) architecture allows you to back up the Novell^® Directory database, the file system, or an individual workstation's hard disk onto media that can be stored off-site. This gives you a periodic view (daily, weekly, monthly) of your data.

Then, in the case of hardware failure, natural catastrophe, corrupted data, or incorrectly deleted or changed data, you can return to a previous view of the data.

This chapter contains concepts and procedures to help you preserve and restore information. Concepts and procedures are grouped into the following sections:

• Understanding Storage Management Services (SMS), including information about the modules that make up SMS.
• Loading drivers, TSAs, and backup software, including procedures for loading the software needed to back up or restore information.
• Backing up data, including concepts and procedures for backing up the Novell Directory database and the file system.
• Restoring data, including concepts and procedures for restoring the Novell Directory database and the file system.
• Other SBACKUP tasks, including procedures for using log and error files.
• Administering storage devices, including procedures for checking the status of the device and media, renaming a device, and managing storage media.
• Enhancing backup performance, including procedures for managing compressed files and enhancing host server performance.
• Troubleshooting, including procedures and information for troubleshooting backup and restore problems.