Technical Communication and Planning

SAMPLE:
Tape Backup Instructions
Small or Home Office


Discussion:

On the last business day of each month a full backup will be made of all workstations of the server. This backup will be removed for storage off site.

In addition to the monthly backup, each Friday a full backup will be made of all workstation and all volumes of the server. The two most current Friday backup tapes will be kept on-site for ready access. This requires that the oldest Friday backup tape stored off-site be brought to the office on Friday morning to re-use. At the end of the day Friday, the oldest tape should be in the tape drive, and the second oldest be removed for off-site storage.

Each day at lunch an incremental backup will be made of each workstation and all volumes of the server. These tapes (Monday through Thursday) will be kept on-site.

The monthly tapes may be kept for a year in case it is necessary to recreate data a month at a time.


Backup Instructions:
  1. All workstations should be left turned on and logged out of the network. If it is necessary to use a workstation during this period please note that any files that are in use will not be backed up.
  2. Each afternoon the backup tape will eject when the backup has been completed;
  3. Ensure that the correct daily tape is in the tape drive before noon;
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