Backup approach prior to system go-live

hi,
my project team will be performing conversion and uploading to production client prior to go-live. in case half way hit by error, and to avoid from redoing the whole conversion again, we will perform client copy at stages.
other than client copy approach, what are the other options we have ?
comment and advice will be highly appreciated.
regards,
kent

hi Juan,
a.) correct me if i'm wrong, full db backup and restore takes longer time as compare to client copy
b.) when restoring from full db backup, we can't select just one particular client to restore.
currently in the PRD system there are 5 productive clients
PRD100
PRD200
PRD300
PRD400
PRD500
PRD100 - 400 already gone live and operating ... PRD500 still in conversion stage ...if we restore from full db backup, other productive clients will be impacted.
regards,
kent

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