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Table Backup/Recovery with Disk Device Contents

Disk device backup, which is produced at the operating system level, is appropriate for disaster recovery operations since the backup consists of the contents of an entire disk device. Recovery of tables can be accomplished only in conjunction with restoration of all files on the disk device. Therefore, it is probably not a preferred method for preparing for normal, non-disaster recovery. During a disk device backup, encyclopedia databases cannot be updated, thus read consistency is assured.