CHAPTER 30
Backups
images
A server that is not backed up is a disaster waiting to happen. Performing backups is a critical part of any server’s maintenance, as well as the responsibility of the system administrator. This is true regardless of which underlying operating system the server is running. In this chapter, we discuss the backup options that come with Linux distros—our coverage will be mostly at a high level. Many commercial packages exist ...

Get Linux Administration: A Beginners Guide, Sixth Edition, 6th Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.