Backup and recovery overview

Backup and recovery for Content Manager OnDemand is provided with recommendations about methods and procedures that an administrator can use to ensure that critical Content Manager OnDemand components can be recovered.

This section of the book describes backup and recovery for Content Manager OnDemand and provides recommendations about methods and procedures that an administrator can use to make sure that the following critical Content Manager OnDemand components can be recovered when needed:

Content Manager OnDemand software
Content Manager OnDemand server information, created or modified during installation, configuration, and ongoing operation of Content Manager OnDemand
The Content Manager OnDemand database
The Tivoli® Storage Manager database
Archived reports

Content Manager OnDemand supports storing index data in table spaces and incremental backup of table spaces. Table spaces enhance the management of index data and provide improved performance, especially for database backups. An incremental table space backup completes much quicker than a full database backup, providing you with increased flexibility in scheduling report loads. Incremental backup images also require less storage space than full database backups.

If you use Db2®, you can use Tivoli Storage Manager facilities to backup and restore Db2 databases. This capability means that you do not have to manage the Db2 files on disk.