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Appendix A—Best Practices Back Up and Protect the Library Metadata
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Save MLM
Database
Advanced Utility
Atime‐stampedfilecontainingtheentirecontentsofthecurrentMLMand
DLMdatabases.ThefileissavedtoaUSBdeviceoremailedtoapreviously
configuredmailrecipient.IfthebackupfilewassavedtoaUSBdevice,itis
locatedinafoldercalled \SavedMLMDB.
Thefilenameincludesthetimestamp<date-time>toindicatewhenthe
backupwascreated.Thefilenameextensiondependsonwhetherthebackup
filewaszippedwhenitwascreatedattachment.
 Unzippedfile—cminfo_<date-time>.dat
 Zippedfile—cminfo_<date-time>.zdt
BackUptheMLMandDLMDatabasesonpage263providesinstructionsfor
usingtheutility.
Important: To ensure that you always have a current backup of the MLM and
DLM databases, back them up regularly.
Partition Wizard
—AND—
Save Library
Configuration
Utility
Multipleconfigurationfileswiththeformatcnnnnnn.cfg,wherenisa
numberbetween0and9.Youcanselecttosavethelibraryconfigurationdatato
aUSBdeviceoremailittoapreviouslyconfiguredmailrecipient.
 IfthebackupfilesaresavedtoaUSBdevice,theyarelocatedinafolder
calledSavedConfigs\<date-time>,where<date-time>isthetime
stampforwhenthebackupwascreated.
 Ifthebackupissentasanemailattachment,theconfigurationfilesareina
zipfilenamed<date-time>cfg.zip,where<date-time>isthetime
stampforwhenthezipfilewascreated.
Important: The backup file of the library configuration does not include the
MLM and DLM databases.
Important: Backing up the library configuration also backs up any BlueScale
encryption keys that are stored in the library at the time the file is created.
 PartitionWizard—Thepartitionwizardpromptsyoutosavethelibrary
configurationwheneveryoucreateormodifyapartition.See
Chapter6–
ConfiguringandManagingPartitions, beginningonpage154fordetailed
informationaboutcreatingandmodifyingpartitions.
 SaveLibraryConfigurationUtility—UsetheSaveLibraryConfiguration
utilitytobackuptheupdatedlibraryconfigurationwheneveryoumakea
configurationchangetothelibrary.Thisisespeciallyimportantwhenyou
makeconfigurationchangesthatdonotresultinanAutoConfigurationSave
filebeinggenerated.See
BackUptheLibraryConfigurationManuallyon
page116forinstructions.
This backup
method...
Creates...