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13.8 Further Backup Topics

13.8 Further Backup Topics

This chapter covers the basics of manual backups for small systems. However, once you get into larger operations, there is much more to explore:

  • Automated backups. Amanda (http://www.amanda.org/) is a popular, powerful, and free automatic network backup package (that is, after you figure out how it works).

  • Tape changers. The Linux mtx command can operate a tape changer and autoloader.

  • Backups with Samba.

  • Commercial backup systems such as BRU.

  • Database backup systems (Oracle and the like).

A good, comprehensive, and detailed guide to backups (especially for large organizations) is Unix Backup and Recovery [Preston].




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How Linux Works - What Every Super-User Should Know
Chapter 1: The Basics
Chapter 2: Devices, Disks, Filesystems, and the Kernel
Chapter 3: How Linux Boots
Chapter 4: Essential System Files, Servers, and Utilities
Chapter 5: Configuring Your Network
Chapter 6: Network Services
Chapter 7: Introduction to Shell Scripts
Chapter 8: Development Tools
Chapter 9: Compiling Software From Source Code
Chapter 10: Maintaining the Kernel
Chapter 11: Configuring and Manipulating Peripheral Devices
Chapter 12: Printing
Chapter 13: Backups
13.2 Backup Hardware
13.3 Full and Incremental Backups
13.4 Using tar for Backups and Restores
13.5 Backups to Non-Traditional Media
13.6 Tape Drive Devices
13.7 Other Archivers
13.8 Further Backup Topics
Chapter 14: Sharing Files with Samba
Chapter 15: Network File Transfer
Chapter 16: User Environments
Chapter 17: Buying Hardware for Linux
Chapter 18: Further Directions
Appendix A: Command Classification
Bibliography
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars