Unix Backup and Recovery

Index

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480/3490/3490E tape drives, 3480/3490/3490E drives

8-mm tape drives, 8-mm drives

A

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

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