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STORE and RESTORE
The backup (STORE) and recovery (RESTORE) processes have similar steps.
Only the specific command options differ. Who is doing what depends on
your configuration and the defined duties between yourself, as the system
administrator, and your users. The basic steps include the following:
1. Determine what you want to store or restore. Refer to "What
Should You Backup?" in this chapter.
2. Identify the storage device. Refer to Chapter 3, "Preparing
Storage Devices."
3. Mount the media on the device. Refer to Chapter 3, "Preparing
Storage Devices."
4. Prepare the system for store processes. Refer to Chapter 4,
"Preparing the System." for preparing to STORE. Refer to Chapter
10, "Restoring Files." for preparing to RESTORE.
5. Issue the STORE or RESTORE command with the appropriate options.
Refer to Chapter 5, "Storing Files" and Chapter 6, "STORE and
TurboSTORE Command Options" or Chapter 10, "Restoring Files."
6. Reply to the console (media allocation) request. This does not
apply if you are using labeled media. Refer to Chapter 7,
"Handling Media Requests."
7. Remove the storage media. Refer to Chapter 8, "When STORE is
Complete." Refer to Chapter 10, "Restoring Files."
Helping Users Store and Restore Files
Storing and restoring files is not limited to system personnel. Account
managers can store and restore any file in their accounts (except files
with negative file codes) and all users can store and restore any file in
their logon groups and accounts. While these other users can enter
commands to store and restore at their terminals, they usually do not
have access to backup devices.
The steps described below summarize how you and a user work together to
store and restore files. The order in which you perform steps of the
procedure may vary; for example, you may see a media request before the
user hands you the backup media, instead of the other way around. The
basic procedure remains the same, who is doing which steps varies between
configurations and user to system administrator defined duties.
1. The user gives you empty backup media onto which to store disk
files, or the user gives you the STORE media from which to restore
files to disk.
2. You mount the media and prepare the device.
3. The user enters the FILE and STORE or RESTORE commands.
4. You check the console for a media request.
5. If the system does not automatically answer the media request, you
must reply to it.
6. When the process is complete, remove the media and return it to
the user.
7. As part of your regular routine of retrieving, separating, and
distributing reports, collect the report describing the stored or
restored files. Either file it in the appropriate pickup bin, or
keep it until the user comes to get it from you.