Installation Note 35554: Best practices for backing up and restoring your system
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What does SAS need to have backed up on your system? What will need to be restored?
For answers, see the documentation listed below.
SAS® 9.3 Information
The SAS 9.3 Metadata Server includes a new server-based facility that performs metadata server backups automatically, on a scheduled basis, without the need for administrator intervention. This facility can also be used to perform ad hoc backups and to perform roll-forward recovery. The facility replaces the %OMABAKUP macro, which was available in SAS® 9.1 and 9.2, and the Backup and Restore Wizard in SAS Management Console, which was available in SAS® 9.2.
For the most up-to-date information, see the SAS® 9.3 Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
SAS® 9.2 Information
For the most up-to-date information, see the SAS® 9.2 Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
If you back up more than one tier, be sure to give each backup a unique name, so that the backups are not overwritten.
Additional Resources
- Deploying SAS® Metadata Server to a Windows Server 2003 Failover Cluster (for use with SAS 9.1.3).
- Considerations for Implementing a Highly Available or Disaster Recovery Environment
- Backup and Disaster Recovery: When Disaster Strikes, What Will You Do? What Will You Do?
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Type: | Installation Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2013-08-08 14:48:10 |
| Date Created: | 2009-04-14 14:41:38 |