Further questions from Bol

• Karim Hemani

  SSCrazy

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  December 9, 2005 at 7:31 am

  #111417

  I had some further questions regarding some points made in BOL. When discussing backup/restore, it states that you must have some provisions for the management of backup media. Specifically, the following:

  • A tracking and management plan for storing and recycling backup sets. What kind of plan is this, what would it include and what would its impact be?
  • A schedule for overwriting backup media. What does schedule mean in this context? And what is such a plan for?
  • In a multi-server environment, a decision to use either centralized or distributed backups. What is the difference and what is the importance of each?
  • A procedure to minimize the effects of the loss of a backup set or backup media (for example, a tape). What would such a procedure be like? What would it include?

  I would highly appreciate if someone clarified these issues.

  Karim

• K. Brian Kelley

  SSC Guru

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  December 9, 2005 at 10:44 am

  #608765

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