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Unix Backup and Recovery
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Unix Backup and Recovery

by W. Curtis Preston
November 1999
Intermediate to advanced
736 pages
22h 46m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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480/3490/3490E tape drives, 3480/3490/3490E drives
8-mm tape drives, 8-mm drives

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aborted backups, cleaning up, Run amdump
aborting client dumps, Monitor for possible improvements
absolute pathnames
backups, restoring to different directory, Restoring to a different directory
cpio utility, problems with, Syntax of cpio When Backing Up
GNU tar, suppressing leading slash, Changing ownership, permissions, etc. during a restore
acceptable loss, defining, Step 1: Define (Un)acceptable Loss, Weigh the Cost
Access Control Lists (ACLs), problems backing up, Network-Mounted Filesystems
access time (see atime)
access to backup volumes, limiting, 12,000 gold pieces
ACLs (Access Control Lists), problems backing up, Network-Mounted Filesystems
active filesystem, dumping, Question 1
addresses (hosts), resolving, Option: specifying a backup device file ( f )
administration
backup systems, ease of, Ease of Administration, Ease of Administration
multiple backups, problems with, Backing up only selected filesystems
Adobe PDF format (documentation), Document in a Portable Format
Advanced File System (see AdvFS)
Advanced Maryland Automated Network Disk Archiver (see AMANDA)
Advanced Metal Evaporative (see AME tapes)
AdvFS, Compaq Tru64 Unix
restoring, After Disaster
vdump, backing up with, Before Disaster Strikes
afio utility, Conclusions
after image (page), An Overview of a Page Change
AIT tape drive, AIT drive
Mammoth drive vs., Exabyte Mammoth drive
AIX operating system
backup, IBM’s mksysb Utility
backup and recovery, ...
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