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Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide


Planning Your Backups

If you are a first-time user, or if you only back up files occasionally, you can use the checklist in Table 11 for preliminary planning.

Table 11. Preliminary Steps for Backing Up Files



___ Decide whether you want to back up or archive files. See Do You Want to Back Up or Archive Files? for more information.
___ See Pre-Backup Considerations for important migration information concerning the Windows NT and Windows 2000 clients, and how you may increase performance prior to backing up files and directories.
___ Create an include-exclude list to specify files and directories you want to exclude from backup services. See Using an Include-Exclude List to Control Processing for more information.
___ Decide what type of backup you want according to your needs. See the following sections for more information: Full Incremental Backup, Incremental-By-Date Backup, and Full Incremental versus Partial Incremental, Incremental-by-date and Journal-Based Backups
___ For additional backup considerations, see Backup: Additional Considerations.


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