Administrator's Guide


What are Client Backup Sets?

A backup set is a collection of backed up files from one client, stored and managed as a single object, on specific media, in server storage. The backup set contains the client node's active, backed up files.

Administrators can create backup sets on the server for clients. When an administrator uses the GENERATE BACKUPSET command, the server creates a copy of previously backed up, active file spaces that are specified with the command and stores them on sequential media. Clients can restore their data from the backup sets, without the use of a server. For details, see Example: Generating a Client Backup Set.

There are benefits to generating backup sets for a client node. For example:


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