Nortel Call Center Server Installation And Maintenance Manual page 1006

Backing up data
Tape drives
Use a SCSI tape drive listed on the Microsoft Compatibility List for Windows
Server 2003 or Windows 2000 on the Microsoft web site. Ensure that the SCSI
ID for the tape drive does not conflict with existing SCSI IDs configured for
other server devices.
You can use 1/4-inch cartridge and 4-mm and 8-mm digital audio (DAT) formats
drives.
The drive can be internal or external to the server.
Head-cleaning kit
Nortel recommends purchasing a head-cleaning kit to prolong the life of your
tape heads and ensure the quality of your backups. You should clean tape drives
based on how often they are used.
Tape
cartridges
used per day
Cleaning
interval
Most cleaning kits suggest how often heads should be cleaned.
Dedicated tapes for backup types
Use one backup tape for each backup, regardless of whether extra space is
available on the tape. Make sure you have enough backup tapes on hand so that
you can save backups for a safe period of time before you have to overwrite an
old backup.
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1 2
Weekly Every
other day
CAUTION
Risk of overwriting data
After a backup, the tape is not ejected from the tape drive.
Ensure that you eject the tape after each backup to prevent
the next backup from overwriting the data.
3 4 or more
Every Daily
other day
Symposium Call Center Server
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