?s point of view [notes in ?square brackets? are ADSM
specific terms]. Specifying the backup requirements in this form will help
configuring the backup.


Questionnaire: Specification of backup requirement

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Type of backup [copy group]

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*   Regular backups (e.g. they will expire after a set time or number o*   
Regular backups (e.g. they will expire after a set time or number of
copies, as daily backups)
*   Ad-hoc backups /archive


Type of Data [management class]

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E.g. data files, log files, program files, configuration files, batch
E.g. data files, log files, program files, configuration files, batch
control files, operating system files. Specify how these files can be
recognised: directory, file names (or masks), file extension


For each type of data (for each required combination of copy group and
management class)

*   What to do if a file is being modified during backup:
     Don?t backup, don?t retry
     Retry, but if modified during last retry, don?t backup
     Backup it up immediately
     Retry, if modified during last retry, back it up anyway
*   How often to back these files up
*   Is there a minimum number of days between backups? (don?t backup these
files more often then..)
*   Backup files after that number of days, even if it has not changed?
[Absolute] Or only when it has changed? [Modified] (only used when backup
action is incremental)
*   How many backup versions to keep?
*   The maximum number of versions of a file to be retained? [versions data
exists]
*   The maximum number of versions of a file to be retained after a file is
deleted from the system? [versions data deleted]
*   How long (days) do we want to keep a version of file after a newer
version has been backed up [retain extra versions]
*   How long (days) do we want to keep the last copy of a file after it has
been deleted from the system [retain only version]

Backup schedule
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*   When should a backup be run? Day, time
*   When should a backup be run? Day, time
*   Backup only new and changed files, or always backup all files? [Action:
Incremental or selective]
*   If the backup cannot start at the scheduled time, how long should it
retry? No of minutes, hours, days, indefinite
*   How often should a backup be run? No of hours, days, weeks, months,
years, once
*   Should the backup be limited to day(s) of the week? Any, weekday,
weekend or a particular day of the week, once
*   Any commands to be run before or after the backup? [options, in local
file or on server]


Backup storage

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Backups will be stored initially on disk, then later that day migrated Backups 
will be stored initially on disk, then later that day migrated to
on-site tapes. Copies will be stored off-site.



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