A well-executed backup plan is your only defense against losing all your data in the event of a disaster. Your company's system administrator should review any backup and disaster recovery plan before it is implemented.
Any backup process should be evaluated against the following criteria:
There are different types of Development environment installations to consider when establishing a backup plan. These installation types are not mutually exclusive; a company's backup plan should address each type that is in use.
Single User Environment
The following items must be considered for a single user installation where the Developer and the content are installed on a local workstation:
Multi-user Environment
The following items must be considered for a multi-user installation where the Developer is installed on client machines and the Library is installed on a server:
Encourage authors to back up their new and checked out documents by exporting the content.