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Administrator's Guide


Chapter 20. Protecting and Recovering Your Server

Failure or loss of the database, the recovery log, or storage pools can cause loss of client data. This chapter describes how you protect your server and, if necessary, recover your server.

Note:
The term tape refers to any kind of sequential access, removable media unless otherwise indicated.

See the following sections:

Concepts:
Levels of Protection
Storage Pool Protection: An Overview
Database and Recovery Log Protection: An Overview
Snapshot Database Protection
Choosing Where to Enable Data Validation
Protecting Data:
Mirroring the Database and Recovery Log
Backing Up Storage Pools
Using Copy Storage Pools to Improve Data Availability
Backing Up the Database
Data Validation During Audit Volume Processing
Recovering Data:
Recovering Your Server Using Database and Storage Pool Backups
Restoring Your Server Using Mirrored Volumes
Restoring Storage Pool Volumes
Auditing a Storage Pool Volume
Correcting Damaged Files
Scenarios:
Backup and Recovery Scenarios

In this chapter, most examples illustrate how to perform tasks by using a Tivoli Storage Manager command-line interface. For information about the commands, see Administrator's Reference, or issue the HELP command from the command line of a Tivoli Storage Manager administrative client.

Tivoli Storage Manager tasks can also be performed from the administrative Web interface. For more information about using the administrative interface, see Quick Start.


DRM

Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager (Chapter 21, Using Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager) automates some tasks associated with preparing for or recovering from a disaster. This icon identifies those tasks.

 


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