Overview; Backup Services - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

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Backup Services

Overview

Backup services is an essential piece of the Novell
Services (SMS ) software, a collection of services that provides backup,
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restore, and data migration. These services are performed by various
components and are independent of operating systems and hardware.
This chapter discusses the following:
"Backup Services" on page 9
"SMS Components" on page 10
"Restore Services" on page 31
"Session Files" on page 37
Storage Management Services (SMS) allows you to back up SMS targets such
as eDirectory , the file system, cluster-enabled pools, or hard disks on
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individual workstations to media such as a tape drive for off-site storage, and
gives you a periodic view (daily, weekly, monthly) of your data. Then in case
of hardware failure, natural catastrophe, corrupted data, or incorrectly deleted
or changed data, you can retrieve a previous version of the data.
Backup services provides information on supported devices, the SMS
architecture, memory requirements, types of backup offered, customizable
options, schedules, how to back up eDirectory, how to back up the file system
(both traditional NetWare
to back up cluster-enabled pools, and how to use Target Service Agents (TSA).
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file system and Novell Storage Services
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