Unix Backup and Recovery - Softcover

Preston, W. Curtis

  • 3.97 out of 5 stars
    37 ratings by Goodreads
 
9781565926424: Unix Backup and Recovery

Synopsis

Unix Backup & Recovery provides a complete overview of all facets of Unix backup and recovery, and offers practical, affordable backup and recovery solutions for environments of all sizes and budgets. The book begins with detailed explanations of the native backup utilities available to the Unix administrator, and ends with practical advice on choosing a commercial backup utility.This book:

  • Describes the features, limitations, and syntax of Unix backup and restore utilities,(including dump, tar, cpio, dd, GNUtar, and GNUcpio) for many popular versions of Unix, including AIX, Compaq Unix, HP-UX, IRIX, SCO, Solaris, and Linux
  • Provides instructions for installing and configuring freely available backup systems such as AMANDA
  • Includes ready-to-run shell scripts that automate live backups of Informix, Oracle, and Sybase databases
  • Presents step-by-step recovery procedures for Oracle, Informix, and Sybase
  • Presents step-by-step "bare-metal" disaster recovery procedures for AIX, Compaq Unix, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris, and Linux
  • Describes the design of "disaster recovery" and "highly available" systems
  • Provides guidance on choosing a commercial backup and recovery system
  • Describes the features and limitations of backup hardware

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

W. Curtis Preston has specialized in designing data protection systems since 1993, and has designed such systems for many environments, both large and small. His lively prose and wry, real-world approach has made him a popular author and speaker.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780596102463: Backup & Recovery: Inexpensive Backup Solutions for Open Systems

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0596102461 ISBN 13:  9780596102463
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2007
Softcover