Spectra T50e - BACKING UP THE LIBRARY CONFIGURATION

Chapter 4—Configuring the Library Backing Up the Library Configuration
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Intheeventthatyouneedtorestorethelibraryconfiguration,youcanuse
eithertheautomaticallysavedconfigurationbackupfilefromtheLCMor
theemailedcopy(seeRestoringtheLibraryConfigurationonpage367).
SeeBackUpandProtecttheLibraryMetadataonpage477foradditional
informationaboutbackingupthelibrary’sconfigurationinformation,the
MLMdatabase,theDLMdatabase,andanyBlueScaleencryptionkeys(the
librarymetadata).
Options Thelibraryprovidestwomethodsforbackingupthe
configuration:
 Automatic—SeeBackUptheLibraryConfigurationAutomaticallyon
page115
 Manual—SeeBackUptheLibraryConfigurationManuallyon
page116
Back Up the Library Configuration Automatically
Auto Configuration Save Process ThelibrarygeneratesanAuto
ConfigurationSavebackupfileonceaweekandeverytimeyoucreateor
modifyapartition.Thisbackupfilecontainsthecurrentlibrary
configuration,theMLMandDLMdatabases,andanyBlueScale
encryptionkeysstoredinthelibrary.Thebackupfileissavedtoatime‐
stampedzipfileonthememorycardintheLCM.Thezipfileisnamed
<date-time>cfg.zip,where<date-time>isthetimestampforwhenthe
backupfilewascreated.
Notes:  TheAutoConfigurationSavebackupfileisgeneratedatthe
sametimeeachweekbasedonthefirsttimethefilewas
generated.
 ThelibrarydoesnotgenerateanAutoConfigurationSave
backupfilewhenyoumakeconfigurationchangesotherthan
creatingormodifyingapartition.
Auto Configuration Save Email Process Asanextrasecuritymeasure,you
canconfigurethelibrarytoautomaticallyemailthetime‐stampedzipfile
toapreviouslyconfiguredemailrecipienteachtimethebackupfileis
created.Savinganexternalcopyoftheautomaticallygenerated
configurationbackupfileensuresthatyoucanrecoverthelibrary
configuration,the
MLMandDLMdatabases,andanyBlueScale
encryptionkeysstoredinthelibraryintheeventofadisaster.