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Organizing Objects for Backup

To implement an efficient backup regime, organize your objects so that they are easy to manage from the point of view of saving and restoring. To do this:

• Organize objects into libraries according to their volatility and functional relatedness. For example, place all volatile data objects (files and data areas) for an application together in the same library.
• Place dependent objects in the same library. This simplifies the restore process. Place logical files in the same library as the based-on physical files. Place journal receivers in the same library as the journal to which they attach.
• Use a naming convention for objects so that they can be identified and manipulated by type, if necessary.