Backup & Recovery: Inexpensive Backup Solutions for Open Systems

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backing up databases

     filesystem backups versus

backup and recovery utilities

     asr (Apple System Restore)

     comparison table

     cpio utility

     dd utility

     ditto utility

     dump utility

     Mac OS X, how they differ

     ntbackup

     overview

     pax (portable archive exchange)

     psync, rsyncx, hfstar, xtar, and hfspax

     restore utility

     rsync

     System Restore (Windows)

     tar utility

backup device, different drives, problems with

backup hardware

     autoloader

     automated

     capacity

     cartridge care

     cartridge versus cassette tape drives

     compression

     content-awareness

     cost

     de-duplication and

     decision factors

     density versus compression

     disk drives versus tape media

     disk-as-disk targets

     drive care

     duty cycle

     flexibility

     helical versus linear tape drives

     jukebox

     library

     midrange tape drive types

     multiplexing

     NAS disk-as-disk targets

     nearline and offline storage

     notification

     number of passes, and media life

     optical drives

     packaging

     re-presentation

     reliability

     removability

     replication and

     SAN disk-as-disk targets

     silo

     stacking

     streaming tape drives

     tape drives

     time left powered off

     time-to-data

     transfer speed

     using

     variable-speed tape drives

     virtual tape cartridges (VTCs)

    virtual tape libraries [See VTL]

     VTL

backup servers

     recovering

backup utilities

     native

     versions, problems with

backup volumes

     cpio format

     damaged, reading problems

     different formats, reading

     inventorying

     long-term archives, ensuring readability

     multiple backups, dividing among

     reading

     storing

     tapes 2nd 3rd

     unknown format

BackupCentral.com

BackupPC

     community

     configuration files

     installation

     overview

     per client configuring

     web site

backups

     atime, changing

     automating

     choosing methods

     commercial database backup products

     cost, weighing

     creating your own database backup utility

     databases

     deciding what data to include

     distributing backup devices to the subnet level

     dump utility

     Exchange

     Exchange Server

     excluding files

     formats 2nd

     how to do, deciding

     importance of

     iPod, using for

     levels

     metadata

     mksysb

     mksysb utility 2nd

     monitoring

     MySQL

     operating system, backing up with a native utility

     options

         alt-boot filesystem

         alt-boot full image

         alt-boot partition image

         live

     Oracle

     personnel

     PostgreSQL

     protection of the backup index

     reasons for

     recoverability requirements, defining

     restoring from

     savevg

     scheduling 2nd 3rd

     simplicity, retaining

     size, considering

     SQL Server

     storing

     Sybase

     systems

     tape versus volume (CDs or magneto-optical disks)

     testing

     torture-testing

     VMware

     volatile filesystems 2nd 3rd

Bacula

     ANSI and IBM tape labels

     architecture

     authentication

     autochanger support

     backup traffic and storage encryption

     bare-metal recovery

     BartPE rescue CD

     base job support

     client script support

     client-initiated backups

     components

     configuration

         example

     documentation

     features

     intrusion detection

     Mac OS X backup

     plug-in support for file daemons

     pool migration

     project homepage

     Python script support

     Python-based GUI tool

     server setup

     tracking deleted or renamed files

bar codes (backup volumes) 2nd

bare-metal recovery

     AIX

     automated with G4L

     commercial solutions

     HP-UX

     IBM tools

     Linux and Windows

     live method

     live versus alternative boot

     Mac OS X

     Solaris

big-endian platforms

BLOB [See large object (LOB) data]

block

block size

     backups, mksysb utility

     hardcoding on operating systems

     tape backups, differences in

     tape, determining with the dd utility

blocking factor, determining (tar)

booting from alternative media

bosinst.data file

byte-order problems, swapping bytes, incompatibility problems