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CSB User Guide for archiving data -- 2006.05.31

This procedure will archive to DVDR or CDR all the data in a directory and its subdirectories. If necessary, the procedure will break the data up over several CDRs or DVDRs.

Setup

At present, this procedure runs from Core user-area linux workstations. (For system backups, it will also work from ds1 and ds2). It will work if you remotely log on to those workstations.

To get started, type:

	  setup burndvd

You will be given instructions on how to proceed for each of the following choices.

Archiving crystallographic data	Archiving generic data	Archiving filesystem images
Allows for printing information about the data in a standard format on the media's label.	Setup is quicker and simpler (compared with crystallographic archiving); prints minimal data on media labels. This method provides easiest access to archived data, but it may fail if you have long or unusual filenames. 2007.04.18 -- status is operational.	Preserve more accurate representation of original filesystem. Will work when the generic method does not. Slower. Can only be used by system staff.

When things go wrong...

Note that if any of these procedures does not work, it is possible that the PC controlling the Rimage needs to be rebooted.

How data is split over multiple DVDs.

Last Modified: Tuesday, 24-Jun-2008 15:39:47 EDT

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