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Backup Methods

It is worth developing a simple system to manage and support your backups.

For each backup unit (library or generic library name, object or generic object name), it should be possible to specify a save frequency (such as hourly, daily, weekly, monthly), a save method (SAVOBJ, SAVCHGOBJ, or SAVLIB), and whether the save is offline or online (save to save file).

The system should guide the operator in loading the appropriate media and should record which libraries have actually been saved on which days, and to which media.

New libraries should be added to the system automatically or semi-automatically. Renaming or deleting libraries should be ensured.