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[[Information on Backup Jobs]] [[Information on Backup Jobs]]
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[[Information on Media]] [[Information on Media]]
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[[Information on Drives and Drive Pools]] [[Information on Drives and Drive Pools]]
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[[Setting Up Backups]] [[Setting Up Backups]]
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[[Initiating and Managing Backups]] [[Initiating and Managing Backups]]
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[[Recovering Data]] [[Recovering Data]]
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[[Managing Removable Media]] [[Managing Removable Media]]
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[[Managing Drives]] [[Managing Drives]]
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[[Appendix A—Installing and Configuring]] [[Appendix A—Installing and Configuring]]
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[[Appendix B—Checking Job Status Codes]] [[Appendix B—Checking Job Status Codes]]
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[[Appendix C—Backup Methods and Drivers]] [[Appendix C—Backup Methods and Drivers]]
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[[Appendix D—Defining Backup Methods]] [[Appendix D—Defining Backup Methods]]

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Contents

Getting Started

backup3G is a menu-driven application for automating backup, recovery and archiving tasks in an Open Systems data center. This guide is designed to help you use backup3G quickly and efficiently.

About this guide

This manual is the primary reference for setting up and using backup3G, and is designed to help users and administrators to use backup3G effectively. It can be divided into four sections:

Preliminary information 
an overview of backup3G and how to get started.
Planning information
guidance on planning your backup, recovery, and media management strategies.
Background information
detailed descriptions of backup3G concepts, including backup types and drive and media management issues.
Step-by-step instructions
‘how-to’ topics for setting up, running and monitoring backups: recovering files; and performing related tasks such as adding details of new media and drives.

Who should use this guide

This guide is aimed at:

For More Information

The COSmanager User Guide explains how to install COSmanager products, including backup3G. This guide describes how to configure backup3G, how to set up and maintain backups, how to manage media, how to set up and manage drives and load devices, and how to perform backups and recoveries. Technical information about COSmanager commands can be found in the COSmanager Reference Guide. This contains manual pages for the Functional Toolset and application-specific commands, including commands used in backup3G. COSmanager promotes a ‘policies and procedures’ approach to system management, including backup and media management. The guides, How to Implement Policy Based Management and a Sample Policy and Procedures Manual, are available without charge from your COSmanager distributor.

Where to from here

Information on Backup Jobs

Information on Recovery

Information on Media

Information on Drives and Drive Pools

Setting Up Backups

Initiating and Managing Backups

Recovering Data

Managing Removable Media

Managing Drives

Appendix A—Installing and Configuring

Appendix B—Checking Job Status Codes

Appendix C—Backup Methods and Drivers

Appendix D—Defining Backup Methods