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Database Backups You should regularly back up your HP Desk databases and associated files to tape as a safety measure against system failure or hardware faults (for example a disk crash). The frequency at which this is done will be determined by your working practices, but ideally this should be at least once a day to ensure minimal loss of data in the event of failure. If you have standard HP Desk then the Mailmaint job provides a means to do this, however you can remove the store phase from Mailmaint if you perform system backups. If you have HP DeskManagerPLUS and you utilize the Garbage Collector in conjunction with a weekly Mailmaint, then the Mailmaint store is inappropriate and must be replaced by a more frequent backup. Backing up HP Desk files If you need to make a backup copy of just the HP Desk databases and other files, and without running Mailmaint, use the MAILSTORE command. This allows you to to make backup copies as many times a day as you need without having to run the Maintenance job.
NOTE The MAILSTORE command is not a substitute for the Mailmaint command. While the former only provides a backup copy of your databases, it does not perform any of the maintenance tasks necessary to keep your HP Desk system running efficiently.
________________________________________________________________________ | | | How to backup your databases: | | | | 1. Load the backup tape on the tape drive. | | | | 2. Type MAILSTORE. | | | | 3. Reply to the console message asking you to load a tape. | | | | 4. Load additional tapes if necessary. | ________________________________________________________________________ This procedure stores the HP Desk databases to tape. The time and date of the store is recorded in the Supervisor management file. Once the backup is completed, restart HP Desk in the usual way. The time and date of the store can be displayed by the MAILRESTORE and MAILSTATUS commands.
NOTE If you are using EFT/FSC as part of your HP Desk system and have stored the messages files anywhere other than in the HPMAIL group of the HPOFFICE account, you cannot store them using the MAILSTORE command. If you want to store them, you will have to use the MPE STORE command. This also applies to incoming HP Desk Intrinsics Transaction Files.
Restoring HP Desk Files If for some reason your databases have become corrupted, perhaps due to system failure or hardware fault, you must replace these files with the most recent backup copy. Once the databases and associated data files have been restored and HP Desk is running again, it is a good idea to tell your users what has happened and inform them that any files created since the last time you ran the Maintenance job or restored the databases will have been lost. If you have made any configuration changes (adding, deleting, or modifying users, locations, and so on) since the last time you stored the databases, you will have to do that work again. ________________________________________________________________________ | | | How to restore your databases: | | | | 1. Load the tape containing the backup copy of the databases on | | the tape drive. | | | | 2. Type MAILRESTORE. This command shuts down HP Desk and then | | restores the databases. | | | | 3. Reply to the console message asking you to load a tape. | ________________________________________________________________________ The database restore is controlled by a file called RESTLIST.MAILLIB. All of the files to be restored are listed in this file. The IMAGE databases are held as several privileged MPE files. When you restore them, it is essential that they are restored from the same backup tape set.
NOTE The MAILRESTORE command does not restore EFT/FSC files, even if they are in the HPMAIL group of the HPOFFICE account. These files must be restored using the MPE RESTORE command.
Once the databases have been successfully restored, you must run the Maintenance job. Only after you have done this should you restart HP Desk.