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Steps for Archiving Any Data

Overview

Select Tapes
- Oldest Good Tape
Select Data. See “Setup Backup selections” below.
Make two archive copies See “Copy Data”
- Tape and
- Hard drive. be sure to Change Security on Archive Disk
Restore and Compare to Original
- Restore Tape to new clean drive
- Use “Beyond Compare” to compare the Archived hard drive to the restored to clean hard drive thus verifying the tape backup is correct and can be restored.
Create list Files and Folders
- Use “Directory Printer”.
- Export to txt file.
- store txt file in\\ETSServer1\ArchiveData Listingunder a folder named the same as Disk Label
Label Tape and Disk with
- Label Tape on top.(8 Point)
- Label disk on front, top and bottom edge.(8 Point)
- Archive Name - Date of tape backup - tape number(s)
List
- Disk in List of Archive Disks.xlsx
  - \\ETSSERVER1\Maintenance System and Computers\ETS Computer System
  - \Backup, Storage and Archive\Archive Disks (Disk And Tape Number)\List Of All Archived Disks\List of Archive Disks.xlsx
- and Tape in Backup Tape Inventory Table in Network Configuration_data.mdb :: Backup Tapes Menu
  - \\ETSSERVER1\Maintenance System and Computers\ETS Computer System
  - \Network Configuration Database Info\Network Configuration_data.mdb Backup Tapes Menu
Move Tape to Media Group ArchivedTapes
Change Tape description to Tape Label
Delete archived data from production disk

Setup Backup selections
Setup Backup job
Run Backup
Put Tape in Archive Media
To copy the data to the hard drive use a Restore Job to restore the tape to the Archive Hard Drive. See “Restore Job to Archive Hard Drive”.

Log on to Server3
Remote Login using “192.168.1.3”
Login with username and password
Start Veritas Backup Exec.
Click on Job Setup Tab
Right click in job setup list
Click new job selection list
Select Data
Name job in selection list name and give name as description: “z Arch Lightning-2”
Go to Remote Selections
Click Microsoft Windows NetworkClick ETS
Click Server1
Click F: drive
Click scandata
Select data that needs to be archived
Click OK
Then to Job menu, scroll to bottom of list
Right click and select “new job”
Select new job and add job to the list of backups
On screen pop-up in selections pick job that needs backing up.
Scroll through other menus to verify correct data
Next, click run now to start backup
Click job monitor tab for verification on job
Double click on job to see job report and assure all specifications are correct.

Log on to Server3
Remote Login using “192.168.1.3”
Login with username and password
Start Veritas Backup Exec.
Click on Job Setup Tab
Right click in job setup list
Click new job selection list
Name job in selection list name and give name as description
Select Data
- Best to archive from local disk like G: (Semi-removeable drive)
- Select data that needs to be archived
Click OK

Open Directory Printer.
Select the file location where the data is located.
Next, select the file information needed to be saved in the file.
- (Choose : Long Name, Size, Date/Time, and Attributes).
Sort by Long Name in Ascending Order.
Under Options check Include Subdirectories and leave the box labeled Levels marked as all.
Now, select the files in the directory that was selected in the second step.
Then, click the Export button down in the right hand corner.
The Save As box pops-up, give the file the proper name (Probably the name of the Disk , include date of backup tape and tape number)
Save this file in Etspg-server1\scandata\ArchiveData Listing.
Save as a Text file (.txt) in
- its own directory.
- list tape number in name