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19. Verify a Backup
After a backup job has complete, it is often a good precaution to verify the backup to ensure the data on the
backup media is complete and readable. The verify process reads all of the data on the backups and verifies it
is in the correct format. The backup job may have included multiple clients. For tape backups, there may also
be multiple jobs stacked on the same tape or set of tapes.
If you selected to automatically
verify a backup upon completion
within the
, the
backup data was verified at that time, and it is generally not necessary to verify again. However, if you did not
auto-verify as part of the backup process, you may do so at a later time by following the steps in this section.
It will be possible to select each client backup on the media that you want to verify, even those from different
jobs.
Selecting what to verify
To verify a backup job, perform the following steps:
1. Select
Actions
!Verify Backup Jobs
from the menu bar. A window similar to the following will appear:
2. If
using
a
Network Edition license, select the Server Name. When using Network Edition, you can also
choose “local (client tape/disk)” for the Server. By selecting this option, you indicate that you want to
read the backup information from a disk (directory) or a tape drive attached to a client system, rather
than a device configured on a server.
3. If you selected “local (client tape/disk)” for the server, a new Client Name field will appear, where you
must select the client where the backup exists.
or
4. If you selected a
Backup Media Server
, select the Backup Device.
or
5. If you selected a
TSM Server
, select the Original Client (owner). In this case, any client that was part
of the backup job to be verified will be sufficient, since we need to list the Backup IDs which the client
is part of.
6. Press
the
Select
button next to the Backup ID field to read the backup media for a list of backup
labels.
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