Preparing To Back Up - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Preparing to Back Up

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Storage Management Services Administration Guide
Careful planning can help you minimize the impact of data loss. Before you
back up, consider the following:
What should be backed up
Where to back up
Backup type
Who should back up
When to back up
How to prepare for a backup
How to track backup
Open Files Backup
TSA600.NLM supports backup of open files on Novell Storage Services
(NSS) volumes if the CopyOnWrite feature is enabled.
To enable CopyOnWrite on a single NSS volume, do the following:
1
At the server console, enter
nss /FileCopyOnWrite=volume_name
2
Dismount and remount the volume.
2a
To dismount the volume, enter
dismount volume_name
2b
To remount the volume, enter
mount volume_name
To enable the feature on all NSS volumes, enter
nss /FileCopyOnWrite=all
Continue with the next sections to prepare for the backup session.