Catalog Backup: Recommended Strategies

It is essential to back up the Catalog regularly. It is equally important to know where the Catalog backup resides. Specifically, you need to know the destination media volume and the location of the Catalog backup on the media. However, the location of the backup Catalog is kept in the Catalog itself; thus, if the Catalog is lost, the location information is lost as well.

There are several different strategies for protecting catalog data. The most important items to keep in mind are to back up the catalog frequently, move the catalog backup data to a safe location, keep record of where the catalog data is, and retain the catalog backup to cover the retention period of your longest archives.

The recommended strategies for catalog backup are as follows:

• Tape drive attached to master server

• Tape drive attached to remote device server

• DiskDirectory for Catalog backup