Backup schedule planning

Plan and carry out procedures for regularly scheduled backups of the InterChange Server Express system. The more frequently you perform backups, the less data you need to recover in the event of data loss. When planning a backup schedule, keep in mind the information in this section.

Within the InterChange Server Express system, two types of data should be backed up: static data and dynamic data.

Plan your backup schedule at times when your systems environment is in a quiescent state or in a state with a minimal amount of event processing. InterChange Server Express is in a quiescent state when all of the following conditions exist:

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