Optical volume backup

Use the information provided to define your backup strategy, learn about backup options, and learn backup commands.

Defining a backup strategy
There is no one perfect backup strategy that meets everyone’s needs. Therefore, it is important to define your backup requirements before you decide on a backup strategy. Use the questions in this topic to help you determine your backup requirements.
Using the Duplicate Optical (DUPOPT) command
The Duplicate Optical (DUPOPT) command can be used to create a duplicate optical volume.
Copy Optical (CPYOPT) command
Use the Copy Optical (CPYOPT) command to copy optical files and directories between optical volumes.
Save and restore commands
The save (SAV) command can be used to create a backup of an optical volume image. The volume image is restored using the restore (RST) command.

Parent topic: Optical storage