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Tivoli Storage Manager for NetWare Backup-Archive Client Installation and User's Guide


A Checklist to Help Plan Your Backups

If you are a first-time user, or if you only back up files occasionally, you may wish to use Table 10 as a checklist of preliminary steps to consider before performing a backup.

Table 10. Preliminary Steps for Backing Up Files



___ Decide whether you want to backup files or archive them. See Do You Want to Back Up or Archive Files? for more information.
___ Determine whether you need support for files with long names. See Support for Long Names for more information.
___ Create an include-exclude list to specify files and directories you want to exclude from backup services. See Using the Include-Exclude List to Control Processing for more information.
___ If your workstation is low on memory, decide whether performance is important. See Running an Incremental Backup on a Memory-Constrained Machine 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 Backups
___ If a file is important, ensure that it is closed before backing it up. See Backing Up Open Files for more information.
___ For further backup considerations, see Backing Up Files: Additional Topics.


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