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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Recover lost data after an unplanned outage</h1>
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<div><p>You may lose data as a result of an unplanned outage, such as a
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disk failure. The most extreme example of data loss is losing your entire
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site, such as what might happen as a result of a natural disaster. </p>
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<p> There are a few ways that you can prevent your data from being lost in
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these situations or at least limit the amount of data that is lost.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Backup and recovery</h4><p>It is imperative that you have
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a proven strategy for backing up your server; the time and money you spend
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creating this strategy is more than recovered should you need to restore lost
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data or perform a recovery. Once you have created a strategy, you must ensure
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that it works by testing it, which involves performing a backup and recovery
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and then validating that your data was backed up and restored correctly. If
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you change anything on your server, you need to assess whether your backup
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and recovery strategy needs to change.</p>
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<p>Every system and business environment
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is different, but, ideally, you should try to do a full backup of your system
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at least once a week. If you have a very dynamic environment, you will also
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have to back up changes to objects on your system since the last backup. Then,
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if you have an unexpected outage and need to recover those objects, you can
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recover the latest version of them.</p>
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<p>For guidance on how to create a
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backup and recovery strategy, see <a href="../rzaj1/rzaj1overview.htm">Plan
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a backup and recovery strategy</a>. For instructions on how to perform
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backups on your server, see <a href="../rzaiu/rzaiuintro.htm">Back
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up your server</a>. For information on how to restore your server, see
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<a href="../rzaiu/rzaiurecover.htm">Recover your server</a>.</p>
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<p>If
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you would like a solution to help you manage your backup and recovery strategy
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and your backup media, you can use Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS).
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<dfn class="term">BRMS</dfn> is a program that helps you implement a disciplined approach
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to managing your backups, and provides you with an orderly way to retrieve
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lost or damaged data. Using BRMS, you can manage your most critical and complex
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backups, including online backups of Lotus<sup>®</sup> servers, simply and easily. You
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can also recover your system fully in the event of a disaster or failure.</p>
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<p>In
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addition to these backup and recovery features, BRMS enables you to track
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all of your backup media from creation to expiration. You no longer have to
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keep track of which backup items are on which volumes, and worry that you
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will accidentally write over active data. You can also track the movement
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of your media to and from offsite locations.</p>
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<p>For detailed information
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on the tasks that BRMS can help you perform, see <a href="../rzai8/rzai8overview.htm">Backup,
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Recovery and Media Services</a>.</p>
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<p>For help in planning and managing
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your backup and recovery strategy, contact <a href="http://www.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/documents/home" target="_blank">IBM<sup>®</sup> Business Continuity and Recovery Services</a> <img src="www.gif" alt="Link outside Information Center" />.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Limit the amount of data that is lost</h4><p>You can group
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your disk drives into logical subsets called <dfn class="term">disk pools</dfn> (also
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known as auxiliary storage pools or ASPs). The data in one disk pool is isolated
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from the data in the other disk pools. If a disk unit fails, you only have
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to recover the data that was stored in the disk pool that the failed disk
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unit was a part of.</p>
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<p>For detailed information on disk pools, disk pool
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types, and examples of how to use disk pools for different purposes, see <a href="../rzaly/rzalyaspsovrvw.htm">Disk pools</a>. For information
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on how to configure disk units and disk pools, see <a href="../rzaly/rzalydmkickoff.htm">Disk
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management</a>.</p>
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<p> <span class="uicontrol">Independent disk pools</span> are
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disk pools that can be brought online or taken offline without any dependencies
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on the rest of the storage on a system. This is possible because all of the
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necessary system information associated with the independent disk pool is
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contained within the independent disk pool. Independent disk pools offer a
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number of availability and performance advantages in both single and multiple
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system environments. For detailed information, see <a href="../rzaly/rzalyoverview.htm">Independent
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disk pools</a>.</p>
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<p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong>Logical partitions</strong> provide the
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ability to divide one system into several independent systems. The use of
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logical partitions is another way that you can isolate data, applications,
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and other resources. You can use logical partitions to improve the performance
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of your server, such as by running batch and interactive processes on different
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partitions. You can also protect your data by installing a critical application
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on a partition apart from other applications. Then, if another partition fails,
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that program is protected.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p>
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<p>For detailed information on logical partitions
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and how to use them, see <a href="../rzait/rzaiticlpar.htm">Logical
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partitions</a>.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzalwshorten_unplanned.htm" title="Unplanned outages do occur, and a key to availability is to ensure that when they do occur you can recover from them as quickly as possible.">Shorten unplanned outages</a></div>
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