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Backup and restore guidelines
Concepts
What to back up
Prepare backup tapes
Backing up the system state
Backing up Process Engine
Backing up Process Analyzer
Backing up databases
Restoring the system state
Restoring Process Analyzer
Restoring databases
   

Backing up databases

In general, use the native backup tool provided with the database engine to perform database backups instead of using a general backup tool such as NTBackup. (Using NTBackup or another file system backup tool to back up the database works well only for databases less than 100 MB.) Mixing transaction log backups with differential backups is a good strategy for backing up the database. We recommend you schedule complete backups at long intervals, differential backups at medium intervals, and transaction log backups at short intervals. Using this plan, you can easily restore a database to a point-in-time, use the minimal amount of data to reconstruct a database, and minimize the loss of data. See the vendor's documentation for information on performing a database backup.