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Chapter 4 - Scheduled Backups

Overview

How Scheduled Backups Work

- Operator Menu

- Service Monitor screen

- System Maintenance menu

- Any Network Management menu or screen

- Backup/Restore Menu

- Any scheduled backup menu or screen

Note: If a server is down when it is time for a scheduled backup to begin, the backup is postponed until the server is running again. After the server is running, the backup proceeds regardless of how long the server was down.

Types of Scheduled Backups

Scheduling Backups

To Schedule a Backup

1. From the Operator Menu, select Backup/Restore.

Figure 4-1. Backup/Restore Menu Screen

2. From the Backup/Restore Menu, select Change Configuration. The Change Configuration Menu appears.

Figure 4-2. Change Configuration Menu Screen

3. Select Automatic Backup Schedule. The Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

Figure 4-3. Scheduled Backup Menu Screen

4. Select Schedule a Backup. The Schedule a Backup Menu appears.

Figure 4-4. Schedule a Backup Menu Screen

5. Select one or more days for the backup and press ENTER. An asterisk (*) appears next to the selection. You specify the whole week by selecting Sunday through Saturday.

To change a choice, highlight your selection and press ENTER. The asterisk disappears.

6. Press F10 to continue. The Enter Time screen appears.

Figure 4-5. Enter Time Screen

7. Enter the time when the automatic backup is to begin, using the 24-hour time format (HH:MM). For example, to set the time for the backup to begin at 7:30 p.m., enter 19:30.

One of the following occurs:

- If a backup schedule already exists for any day on which you are currently scheduling a backup, the Already Scheduled Backup Menu appears and displays the day on which a conflict exists. Continue with step 8.

- If you selected more than one day at the Schedule a Backup Menu, the Enter Time screen appears. The most recent time that you entered when scheduling a previous day's backup is listed as the current default time. Press ENTER to accept the default time. Repeat the current step as necessary.

- If no conflicts exist, after you set the time for each day chosen, the Backup Menu appears. Skip to step 10.

Figure 4-6. Already Scheduled Backup Menu Screen

8. Select one of the following:

- Replace Currently Scheduled Backup.

- Do Not Replace Currently Scheduled Backup

9. The Already Scheduled Backup Menu appears again for each day on which a conflict exists. Repeat step 8 as necessary. One of the following occurs:

- If you retain the current schedule for each day you chose in step 5, the Scheduled Backup Menu appears and displays the following message:

No changes made to currently scheduled backups.
Schedule a new backup or exit.

- If you are creating a new schedule, the Backup Menu appears. Continue with step 10.

Figure 4-7. Backup Menu Screen

10. Select the type of backup you want to schedule. The type of backup you select occurs for each day you are currently scheduling. You cannot schedule more than one type of backup at one time. One of the following occurs:

- If you schedule a complete system backup or an incremental system backup, the Confirm Backup screen appears. Skip to step 13.

- If you are scheduling a service backup, the Select Service Menu appears, listing those services available on the server for backing up. Continue with step 11.

11. Select one or more services to back up. An asterisk appears beside the name of each service you chose.

12. Press F10 when you are ready to continue. The Confirm Backup screen appears.

Figure 4-8. Confirm Backup Screen

13. Select one of the following:

- YES to confirm the readability of the backup after it completes.

- NO if you do not want to confirm the readability of the backup.

The Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

14. Select Display Currently Scheduled Backups to look at the newly scheduled backup.

Example Scheduling Backups for an Entire Week

1. From the Operator Menu on the server console, Beverly selects Backup/Restore.

2. From the Backup/Restore Menu, she selects Change Configuration.

3. To change the backup schedule, Beverly picks Automatic Backup Schedule from the Change Configuration Menu.

4. From the Scheduled Backup Menu, she selects Schedule a Backup.

5. From the Schedule a Backup Menu, she selects Sunday through Saturday. To confirm her selection, she presses F10.

6. At the Enter Time screen, the field refers to the entire week, not to a particular day, because Beverly selected Sunday through Saturday at the Schedule a Backup Menu in step 5. She wants the scheduled backup for each day of the week to begin at 10 p.m., so she enters 22:00 at the Enter Time field.

7. Beverly must specify what type of backup is to be scheduled for 10 p.m. each day. She selects Complete System Backup from the Backup Menu.

8. Although this is an optional step, Beverly selects Display Currently Scheduled Backups at the Scheduled Backup Menu to look at the results. The Scheduled Backup Menu displays the new schedule.

The LAST BACKUP column is reset to None every time that the schedule for any day is changed. None refers to the fact that the newly scheduled backup for a day has not been recorded yet for that day. Because Beverly scheduled the entire week's backups, None appears in the LAST BACKUP column for each day.

If the schedule for any particular day has not been changed, the current schedule displays No Backup Scheduled for that day.

Example Creating a Backup Schedule for Two or More Services

1. At the server console, George selects Backup/Restore from the Operator Menu.

2. From the Backup/Restore Menu, George selects Change Configuration.

3. From the Change Configuration Menu, he selects Automatic Backup Schedule.

4. From the Scheduled Backup Menu, George selects Display Currently Scheduled Backups. The current backup schedule is displayed on the Currently Scheduled Backups screen.

He notes that no backups are scheduled for Sunday, Tuesday, or Saturday. Thursday has an incremental backup scheduled for 6 p.m. George presses ENTER to return to the Scheduled Backup Menu's choices.

5. At the Scheduled Backup Menu, George selects Schedule a Backup. At the next screen, he selects Tuesday and Thursday and selects each by pressing ENTER. An asterisk (*) appears next to each selection. When George completes his choices, he presses F10 to proceed.

6. At the Enter Time screen, George enters 18:00, which represents 6 p.m., for Tuesday.

7. When the Enter Time screen is displayed again, 18:00 is the default for the next selected day, Thursday. George presses ENTER to select the same time for Thursday.

8. As George noted earlier, Thursday already has a backup scheduled. From the Already Scheduled Backup Menu, George selects Replace Currently Scheduled Backup.

The Already Scheduled Backup Menu is displayed for each of the chosen days that has a backup previously scheduled. This screen is not displayed for a day if the day's schedule is canceled in advance of using the scheduling procedure.

9. From the Backup Menu, George selects Service Backup.

10. From the Select Service Menu, he selects the mail service services, MS@Finance@WCTUS and a third-party service, ABM@MTKG@WCTUS, and presses F10.

The Scheduled Backup Menu appears. George selects Display Currently Scheduled Backups to look at the new schedule.

Checking for Faulty Media When Backing Up a Server

Disabling Automatic Confirmation of a Tape Following a Scheduled Backup

Note: Confirming the readability of the backup media confirms only that the media is not damaged or defective, and can be read by the tape or diskette drive. It does not guarantee that data was correctly backed up to the media. The data on the backup media is not compared with the data on the server.

To Disable Automatic Confirmation of a Scheduled Backup

1. Create an automatic backup schedule (refer to "Scheduling Backups" earlier in this chapter). After you select the type of backup from the Backup Menu, the Confirm Backup Screen appears and prompts you to confirm the readability of the backup.

2. Select NO and press ENTER.

The Scheduled Backup Menu appears. Automatic confirmation is disabled for the scheduled backup you specify.

Determining Whether Automatic Confirmation Is Enabled

Caution: Banyan recommends confirming all backup media.

Displaying the Automatic Backup Schedule

To Display the Current Automatic Backup Schedule

1. From the Operator Menu, select Backup/Restore. The Backup/Restore Menu appears.

2. Select Change Configuration. The Change Configuration Menu appears.

Figure 4-9. Change Configuration Menu Screen

3. Select Automatic Backup Schedule. The Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

Figure 4-10. Scheduled Backup Menu Screen

4. Select Display Currently Scheduled Backups. The Scheduled Backup Menu appears and displays the currently scheduled backups. If the entire schedule does not fit on a single screen, press ENTER to view the next screen.

Figure 4-11. Currently Scheduled Backups Screen

The following information appears on the backup schedule:

Day - Displays the day of the week on which the backup is scheduled.

Time - Displays the time of day, in 24-hour format, when the backup is scheduled to begin. For example, if a backup is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., it is listed as 10:00. If a backup is scheduled to begin at 11 p.m., is listed as 23:00.

Type - Displays the type of backup scheduled. The following entries may appear:

- Complete system backup

- Incremental system backup

- Single-service backup

- Multiple-service backup

- No backup scheduled

Last Backup- Indicates whether a scheduled backup has occurred for the day and time listed. If a backup has occurred for the day and time listed, this column lists one of the following entries:

- If a scheduled backup has occurred, the date and time of the most recent backup are shown in 24-hour format. For example, if the last backup scheduled for a Friday occurred on June 5, 1998, at 11:30 p.m., the following entry appears for Friday:

Jun 5 23:30 1998

- If a scheduled backup has not occurred, the word None appears. For example, if on Wednesday morning you schedule a backup to occur on Wednesday afternoon at 3:00, and if you check the backup schedule before 3:00, the following entry appears for Wednesday:

None

- If no backup schedule exists for a day, no entry appears in this column.

Confirm - Indicates whether you scheduled automatic confirmation of the backup. One of the following entries appears:

- Yes appears if automatic confirmation is scheduled.

- No appears if automatic confirmation is not scheduled.

Press ENTER or ESC when you are finished viewing the backup schedule. The Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

Canceling a Scheduled Backup

To Cancel a Scheduled Backup

1. From the Operator Menu, select Backup/Restore. The Backup/Restore Menu appears.

Figure 4-12. Backup/Restore Menu Screen

2. Select Change Configuration. The Change Configuration Menu appears.

Figure 4-13. Change Configuration Menu Screen

3. Select Automatic Backup Schedule. The Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

Figure 4-14. Scheduled Backup Menu Screen

4. Select Cancel a Scheduled Backup. The Cancel a Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

Figure 4-15. Cancel a Scheduled Backup Menu Screen

5. Select the day for which you want to cancel a backup. A message appears confirming that the backup has been canceled.

Figure 4-16. Canceling a Backup Screen

6. Select another day, or press ESC to exit. The Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

Canceling All Scheduled Backups

To Cancel All Scheduled Backups

1. From the Operator Menu, select Backup/Restore. The Backup/Restore Menu appears.

Figure 4-17. Backup/Restore Menu Screen

2. Select Change Configuration. The Change Configuration Menu appears.

Figure 4-18. Change Configuration Menu Screen

3. Select Automatic Backup Schedule. The Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

Figure 4-19. Scheduled Backup Menu Screen

4. Select Cancel a Scheduled Backup. The Cancel a Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

Figure 4-20. Cancel a Scheduled Backup Menu Screen

5. Press F6 to cancel the entire week's backups. A message confirms that the backups for the entire week have been canceled.

Figure 4-21. Canceling All Scheduled Backups Screen

6. Press ESC to exit. The Scheduled Backup Menu appears.

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