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Candidates for Offsite Storage

As with all critical files used in your installation, all of the following CA Top Secret files must be backed up to tape daily, and may be candidates for offsite storage:

• Security File
• Security File backup
• Recovery File
• Audit/Tracking File
• Parameter File

Offsite storage protects these files if your data center experiences a major disaster.

We recommend that the Security File reside on a different volume and string than that of the Backup and Recovery Files. This allows you to use the Backup and Recovery Files to quickly and easily circumvent minor hardware problems that affect access to the Security File.