Backup and restore applications
While the prime purpose of backups is the recovery of data in case of loss, there are a number of applications that can be carried out using some of the techniques covered in this chapter. We are going to briefly describe two of them.
Year-end procedure
Most organizations have some sort of year-end procedure in place. This might be at the end of an academic year, a term, a financial year, or in the case of roll-on/roll-off setups, on a monthly basis. Given the nature and importance of the procedure it is vital that each step is planned well in advance. The key considerations are:
When do you run the year-end procedure?
What has to be done?
Who is involved?
Where will the archives go?
A list of some typical steps that might or might not apply to your setup is as follows. It gives you an idea of how such a procedure might look and demonstrates the importance of the backup facility:
1. Archive: Create backups of all courses and even consider including a system backup...
