General steps for archiving backups

Follow the steps described here to use the archiving feature. Steps may vary depending on your chosen archive media.

I          Review the Additional archiving considerations.

II         Select an archive media type. For details, see Archive media types.

III       Develop a strategy for managing the space on your archive media. See Managing space on archive media and the applicable section in the chapter on your selected media type.

IV      (Optional) Prepare archive media. For details, see Preparing archive media.

V       Set up archiving using the procedures described in one of the following chapters:

     Archiving to Disk

     Archiving to Network Storage

     Archiving to the Cloud

     Archiving to Tape

VI      Review Archive settings.

VII    Run archives using the procedures described in Executing archive jobs.