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Appendix A — Best Practices Back Up and Protect the Library Metadata
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Save MLM
Database
Advanced Utility
Atime‐stampedfilecontainingthecurrentMLMandDLMdatabases.Thefile
issavedtoaUSBdeviceoremailedtoapreviouslyconfiguredmailrecipient.
ThefilenamedependsonwhethertheLCMisaSpectraPCoraSpectraLSand
includesthetimestamp<date-time>toindicate
whenthebackupwas
created.IfthebackupfilewassavedtoaUSBdevice,itislocatedinafolder
called\SavedMLMDB.
 SpectraPC—cminfo_<date-time>.dat
—OR—
 SpectraLS—xmlinfo<date-time>.db
—OR—
 Zippedfile—cminfo_<date-time>.zdt
(ThezipfilenameisthesameforboththeSpectraPCandtheSpectraLS.)
BackUptheMLMandDLMDatabasesonpage316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choose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wassentasanemailattachment,thefilesareina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181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.See
UseManualBackupoftheLibraryConfigurationonpage146for
instructions.
This backup
method...
Creates...