Developing a backup and recovery plan

To develop a reliable backup and recovery plan, you must understand how Adaptive Server handles backup and recovery. To get started, read the chapter of the System Administration Guide on developing a backup and recovery plan. The System Administration Guide also has a detailed discussion of the commands and options used to perform backup and recovery operations.

The following are good practices to include in your backup and recovery procedures:

Make frequent backups of the master database.
Truncate the log of the master database frequently.
Keep a current backup of the model database.
Make frequent database and transaction log dumps for all databases.
Keep statistics on how long it takes to back up and restore databases and how much space is required.