Recovering data with multiple backup strategies To illustrate a multiple backup strategy, assume you perform baseline backup operations on the USER$DISK volume on Sundays and incremental backup operations on that disk each night. An event occurred on Wednesday that requires you to restore the volume to the most recent backup. To restore the disk volume to its state at the time of the most recent incremental backup (Tuesday), perform the following steps: 1. Restore the most recent Sunday baseline backup. Restoring the volume provides the base onto which you add the new and changed files since the baseline backup. a. Choose "Restore Volume ..." from the File menu and choose the "Restore a volume save set (initializes the output disk)" from the list box. b. Fill in the following field values: Input Save Set Device Name: USERS$DISK Save Set File Name : USERS_BASE.BCK Output Device Name : MUA0: Miscellaneous Listing File Name : USERS$DISK.LIS c. Choose any options you want from the Options menu. d. Press PF4 or choose "Start Operation" from the File menu. 2. Restore the Tuesday incremental backup. Restoring the incremental backup for Tuesday replaces files that were created or changed after the Monday incremental backup and before the Tuesday incremental backup. a. Choose "Restore Volume ..." from the File menu and choose the "Restore an incremental save set" from the list box. b. Fill in the following field values: Input Save Set Device Name: USERS$DISK Save Set File Name : USERS_INC.BCK Output Device Name : MUA0: Miscellaneous Listing File Name : USERS$DISK.LIS c. Choose any options you want from the Options menu. d. Press PF4 or choose "Start Operation" from the File menu. 3. Restore the Monday incremental backup. Restoring the incremental backup for Monday replaces files that were created or changed after the Sunday baseline backup and before the Monday incremental backup. a. Choose "Restore Volume ..." from the File menu and choose the "Restore an incremental save set" from the list box. b. Fill in the following field values: Input Save Set Device Name: USERS$DISK Save Set File Name : USERS_INC.BCK Output Device Name : MUA0: Miscellaneous Listing File Name : USERS$DISK.LIS c. Choose any options you want from the Options menu. d. Press PF4 or choose "Start Operation" from the File menu. BACKUP Manager restores the volume correctly regardless of the order in which incremental save sets are restored, but using the reverse chronological order is most efficient. For example, assume that PROJECT.C has been updated and saved on Monday and Tuesday. If you restore Tuesday's version of the PROJECT.C file first, then Monday's version of the PROJECT.C file does not have to be restored. If you restored Monday's version of the PROJECT.C file, then Tuesday's version of the file also must be restored, since it was updated and placed on the later incremental save set.