It is important to perform regular backups of your databases and their transaction logs. If you perform regular backups, you will be able to recover from a failure (for example, from a disk failure) by restoring a database from its most recent backup. This chapter shows you how. It is divided into these sections:
Before implementing your backup and restoration strategies, also review the information about database devices, dump devices, databases, transaction logs, and storage management in Part 3, Devices, Databases, and Drives.
Additional useful information can be found in Appendix E, Backup and Recovery Guidelines for Production Environments.