If you plan to make Content Services library
or enterprise-wide backups on tape, you should
prepare the tapes to use in advance. Each tape
should be formatted and labeled each tape.
Tape backup requirements
The media name assigned to
the backup set when you make library
backups must match the label you assign
to the backup tape.
The backup tape must be physically
mounted on the server that contains the
database and file stores you want to back
up. NTBackup does not support remote backups
or restores.
To
prepare backup tapes
Estimate the number of tapes
needed.
Start NTBackup: Open the Start
menu, select Run...,
type NTBackup
in the Open
field, then click OK.
Insert a blank tape (or previously
used tape to overwrite) in the mounted drive.
From the Backup tab, select
the tape drive as the Backup
destination and use New
Media as the Backup
media.
Select any file to back up,
then click Start
Backup.
Tip Choose
a small file, such as config.sys,
to save preparation time.
In
the field identified as If
media is overwritten, use this label to identify
the media, enter the media name that
you will assign to the backup set when backing
up a library. The name you enter in this field
must match the media name, including capitalization
and punctuation.
The media name can contain up to 83 characters,
including any combination of spaces and special
characters, except for double quotation marks
("). FileNet recommends that you use
a name that helps you identify the data you
plan to store on the backup tape.
Click Start
Backup.
If you're overwriting a previously
used tape, click Yes
when prompted to overwrite the existing backup
set.
Click Close
when finished.
Remove the newly formatted
tape from the drive.
Write the media name on a
label and attach it to the tape cartridge
so you can easily identify it when making
your backup sets.
Repeat Steps 3 through 11
for all tapes you are preparing for future
backups.
Once you've prepared the required tapes, you
can reuse them as long as you identify the name
of the tape label each time you perform the
backup.