Recovering data with multiple backup strategies
To illustrate a multiple backup strategy, assume you perform baseline
backup operations on the USER$DISK volume on Sundays and incremental
backup operations on that disk each night. An event occurred on
Wednesday that requires you to restore the volume to the most recent
backup. To restore the disk volume to its state at the time of the
most recent incremental backup (Tuesday), perform the following
steps:
1. Restore the most recent Sunday baseline backup. Restoring the
volume provides the base onto which you add the new and changed
files since the baseline backup.
a. Choose "Restore Volume ..." from the File menu and choose
the "Restore a volume save set (initializes the output disk)"
from the list box.
b. Fill in the following field values:
Input
Save Set Device Name: USERS$DISK
Save Set File Name : USERS_BASE.BCK
Output
Device Name : MUA0:
Miscellaneous
Listing File Name : USERS$DISK.LIS
c. Choose any options you want from the Options menu.
d. Press PF4 or choose "Start Operation" from the File menu.
2. Restore the Tuesday incremental backup. Restoring the
incremental backup for Tuesday replaces files that were created
or changed after the Monday incremental backup and before the
Tuesday incremental backup.
a. Choose "Restore Volume ..." from the File menu and choose
the "Restore an incremental save set" from the list box.
b. Fill in the following field values:
Input
Save Set Device Name: USERS$DISK
Save Set File Name : USERS_INC.BCK
Output
Device Name : MUA0:
Miscellaneous
Listing File Name : USERS$DISK.LIS
c. Choose any options you want from the Options menu.
d. Press PF4 or choose "Start Operation" from the File menu.
3. Restore the Monday incremental backup. Restoring the incremental
backup for Monday replaces files that were created or changed
after the Sunday baseline backup and before the Monday
incremental backup.
a. Choose "Restore Volume ..." from the File menu and choose
the "Restore an incremental save set" from the list box.
b. Fill in the following field values:
Input
Save Set Device Name: USERS$DISK
Save Set File Name : USERS_INC.BCK
Output
Device Name : MUA0:
Miscellaneous
Listing File Name : USERS$DISK.LIS
c. Choose any options you want from the Options menu.
d. Press PF4 or choose "Start Operation" from the File menu.
BACKUP Manager restores the volume correctly regardless of the order
in which incremental save sets are restored, but using the reverse
chronological order is most efficient. For example, assume that
PROJECT.C has been updated and saved on Monday and Tuesday. If you
restore Tuesday's version of the PROJECT.C file first, then Monday's
version of the PROJECT.C file does not have to be restored. If you
restored Monday's version of the PROJECT.C file, then Tuesday's
version of the file also must be restored, since it was updated and
placed on the later incremental save set.