Spectra TFinity User Manual page 511

Appendix A — Best Practices
This backup
method...
Save MLM
Database
Advanced Utility
Partition Wizard
and
Save Library
Configuration
Utility
November 2020
Creates...
A time‐stamped file containing the current MLM and DLM databases. The file
is saved to a USB device or emailed to a previously configured mail recipient.
The file is named cminfo_<date-time>.zdt or
cminfo_<date-time>.dat, where <date-time> is the time stamp for
when the backup file was created. The file has a .zdt extension if you zipped
the file when you created it or a .dat extension if you did not choose to zip the
file. If the backup file was saved to a USB device, it is located in a folder called
\SavedMLMDB.
Back Up the MLM and DLM Databases on page 324 provides instructions for
using the utility.
Important: To ensure that you always have a current backup of the MLM and
DLM databases, back them up regularly.
Multiple configuration files with the format cnnnnnn.cfg, where n is a
number between 0 and 9. You can choose to save the library configuration data
to a USB device or email it to a previously configured mail recipient.
 If the backup files are saved to a USB device, they are located in a folder
called SavedConfigs\<date-time>, where <date-time> is the time
stamp for when the backup was created.
 If the backup was sent as an email attachment, the files will be in a file named
<date-time>cfg.zip, where <date-time> is the time stamp for when
the zip file was created.
Important: The backup file of the library configuration does not include the
MLM and DLM databases.
Important: 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.
 Partition Wizard — The partition wizard prompts you to save the library
configuration whenever you create or modify a partition. See Chapter 6 –
Configuring and Managing Partitions, beginning on page 180 for detailed
information about creating and modifying partitions.
 Save Library Configuration Utility — Use the Save Library Configuration
utility to back up the updated library configuration whenever you make a
configuration change to the library. This is especially important when you
make configuration changes that do not result in an Auto Configuration Save
file. See Use Manual Backup of the Library Configuration on page 143 for
instructions.
Back Up the Library Metadata
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