Backup Mission Methodology

In this section, we will explain the logic behind Control-D backup methodology. We recommend that when using Control-D, you back up all reports (CDAM datasets) of the same retention period together, and that datasets with different retention periods are not mixed. To explain why we make this recommendation, we will review the following subjects:

• Archiving Datasets – Mixed Retention Periods
• Archiving Datasets – Unmixed Retention Periods