Backup-and-Restore Testing
Tape backup of critical systems in a data center is routine. However, tape restores are not a common practice. Often an inadequate backup ends in an incomplete restore process.
Note
A best practice is to routinely schedule tape restore drills to familiarize system administrators with the process and to validate the adequacy of any backup procedure. Tape restore drills help evaluate the time involved to bring mission-critical systems back online—the business impact can be analyzed and reviewed for improvement.
Because the tape medium makes physical contact with the read/write heads on tape drives, it becomes unreliable after a certain number of write cycles. Contact the tape medium manufacturer to determine the best ...
Get Designing Enterprise Solutions with Sun™ Cluster 3.0 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
