DON’T MAKE IT HARDER THAN NECESSARY, JUST MAKE BACKUPS YOUR TOP PRIORITY

Backing-up is equally important for both physical and virtual systems. You can either back-up the entire machine or the data contained in it. Either way, you need to make it a priority because any threat to your systems can be detrimental to your business.

On a small scale and depending on your needs, backing-up data is a lot easier and allows rapid recovery compared to backing-up the entire system. This is now largely in part due to the number of software packages that make physical and virtual machine back-up easier for the small businesses.

Traditional back-up processes might not work for virtual systems. Here are a few suggestions for how to back-up your virtual systems:

• Use a manual back-up – Simply copy the files stored in the virtual machine manually.
• Clone the virtual machine – Give descriptive names to the clones and save them in a destination dedicated for back-ups.
• Include virtual machine files in the automatic Time Machine backups – Easily edit the General settings in the virtual machine.
• Use third-party back-up software.

Data or machine back-up must be done regularly to make sure the important data and information is easily available even if there is a disaster. Don’t let your business lose data, time and revenue. Find the right practices and you’ll ensure you’re covered in any event when you make backups among your top priorities.