UC Davis Cyber-Safety Program: Backup, Recovery, and Disaster Planning
If you are a computer user within an academic or administrative department on campus, you may have a Technology Support Coordinator (TSC) who is working to secure your system. Before taking any of the security steps listed below, please check with your TSC.
From the UC Davis Cyber-Safety Program Policy:
Learn about Data Backups | Back to Cyber-Safety MainCampus units must develop, implement and maintain a backup plan for restricted information residing on electronic storage. The backup media must be protected from unauthorized access and stored in a location that is separate from the originating source. The backups must be tested to ensure recoverability from the backup media.
Tools and Resources...
- Legato is backup software available via the campus Software Web site in MyUCDavis
- NEW! 10 Questions You Should Ask Before Using an Online Data Backup Service
- Open-Source Backups Using Amanda
- Backup articles: Netadmintools.com
- Backup/Recovery Learning Guide
- Windows XP Backups Made Easy
- Backup and restore methodologies: PC Mag Article | Data Recovery Group Article
- Choosing a backup tape format
- Contigency planning methods (NIST) (PDF)