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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