Use Automatic Backup Of The Library Configuration; Use Manual Backup Of The Library Configuration - Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual

Chapter 4 — Configuring the Library

Use Automatic Backup of the Library Configuration

The Auto Configuration Save feature, which operates automatically, saves
a backup of the library configuration, the MLM and DLM databases, and
any stored BlueScale encryption keys to a time‐stamped zip file on the
memory card in the LCM. The zip file is named <date-time>cfg.zip,
where <date-time> is the time stamp for when the backup was created.
The library generates the Auto Configuration Save backup file once a week
and whenever a partition is created or modified.
As an extra security measure, you can configure the library to automatically
email the time‐stamped zip file to a previously configured email recipient
each time the backup file is created. Saving an external copy of the
automatically generated configuration backup file ensures that you can
recover the library configuration, the MLM and DLM databases, and the
BlueScale encryption keys stored in the library in the event of a disaster.
When the recipient receives the email, they should verify the backup as
described in Verify the Configuration Backup on page 140 and Verify the
Database Backup File on page 286.
For detailed information about configuring a mail recipient for the Auto
Configuration Save file and using it to restore the library, see:
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 Restore From an Auto Configuration Save File on page 344

Use Manual Backup of the Library Configuration

Overview Whenever you make a configuration change to the library that
does not result in the library automatically generating a configuration
backup file (for example, you entered activation keys after the creation
date of the most current automatically generated backup file), you can
manually back up the library configuration as described in this section.
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The library does not generate an Auto Configuration Save
Note:
backup file when you make configuration changes other than
creating or modifying a partition.
Enable Email for the Auto Configuration Save File on page 109
 The Save Library Configuration utility described in this
Notes:
section does not back up the MLM database or the DLM
database.
To back up the MLM and DLM databases, use the Save MLM
Database utility, as described in Back Up the MLM and DLM
Databases on page 284. After you create the backup, be sure
to verify it as described in Verify the Database Backup File on
page 286.
 Backing up the library configuration also backs up any
BlueScale encryption keys that are stored in the library at the
time the file is created.
Backing Up the Library Configuration
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