Patent ID: 7222133

Claim:
A system for reducing time in a server-database network where various types of dump operations are categorized in a dump directory for automatic sequential selection to execute a recovery operation comprising: (a) data storage means for providing disk means for holding database files available for read-write access by a server means; (b) means to initiate and to enable operations with said disk means to create special sets of backup dump files on a tape storage means, wherein said means to initiate and create special sets of backup dump files includes: (b1) means for creating a FULL dump file; (b2) means for creating a set of ACCUMULATED dump files; (b3) means for creating a set of INCREMENTAL dump files; (c) said tape storage means for holding said special set of backup dump files; (d) means for creating a Main Directory in a correct sequential order and which has a log of the special sets of backup dump files from said tape means, said correct sequential order involving dumps which are accessed in the following order: (i) a most recent FULL DUMP; (ii) a most recent ACCUMULATED dump; (iii) a most recent set of INCREMENTAL dumps; (e) recovery means for selecting and placing said special sets of backup dump files into said disk means to establish an updated and operable database.