Backup & Recovery By W. Preston ............................................... Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: December 01, 2006 ISBN-10: 0-596-10246-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-596-10246-3 Pages: 800 Table of Contents | Index Packed with practical, freely-available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete overhaul ofUnix Backup & Recovery by the same author, now revised and expanded with over 75% new material. Backup & Recovery starts with a complete overview of backup philosophy and design, including the basic backup utilities of tar, dump, cpio, ntbackup, ditto, and rsync. It then explains several open source backup products that automate backups using those utilities, including AMANDA, Bacula, BackupPC, rdiff-backup, and rsnapshot. Backup & Recovery then explains how to perform bare metal recovery of AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, VMWare, & Windows systems using freely-available utilities. The book also provides overviews of the current state of the commercial backup software and hardware market, including overviews of CDP, Data De-duplication, D2D2T, and VTL technology. Finally, it covers how to automate the backups of DB2, Exchange, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL-Server, and Sybase databases - without purchasing a commercial backup product to do so. For environments of all sizes and budgets, this unique book shows you how to ensure data protection without resorting to expensive commercial solutions. You will soon learn to: Automate the backup of popular databases without a commercial utility Perform bare metal recovery of any popular open systems platform, including your PC or laptop Utilize valuable but often unknown open source backup products Understand the state of commercial backup software, including explanations of CDP and data de-duplication software Access the current state of backup hardware, including Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs) Backup & Recovery By W. Preston ............................................... Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: December 01, 2006 ISBN-10: 0-596-10246-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-596-10246-3 Pages: 800 Table of Contents | Index Copyright Preface Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1. The Philosophy of Backup Section 1.1. Champagne Backup on a Beer Budget Section 1.2. Why Should I Read This Book? Section 1.3. Why Back Up? Section 1.4. Wax On, Wax Off: Finding a Balance Chapter 2. Backing It All Up Section 2.1. Don't Skip This Chapter! Section 2.2. Deciding Why You Are Backing Up Section 2.3. Deciding What to Back Up Section 2.4. Deciding When to Back Up Section 2.5. Deciding How to Back Up Section 2.6. Storing Your Backups Section 2.7. Testing Your Backups Section 2.8. Monitoring Your Backups Section 2.9. Following Proper Development Procedures Section 2.10. Unrelated Miscellanea Section 2.11. Good Luck Part 2: Open-Source Backup Utilities Chapter 3. Basic Backup and Recovery Utilities Section 3.1. An Overview Section 3.2. Backing Up and Restoring with ntbackup Section 3.3. Using System Restore in Windows Section 3.4. Backing Up with the dump Utility Section 3.5. Restoring with the restore Utility Section 3.6. Limitations of dump and restore Section 3.7. Features to Check For Section 3.8. Backing Up and Restoring with the cpio Utility Section 3.9. Backing Up and Restoring with the tar Utility Section 3.10. Backing Up and Restoring with the dd Utility Section 3.11. Using rsync Section 3.12. Backing Up and Restoring with the ditto Utility Section 3.13. Comparing tar, cpio, and dump Section 3.14. Using ssh or rsh as a Conduit Between Systems Chapter 4. Amanda Section 4.1. Summary of Important Features Section 4.2. Configuring Amanda Section 4.3. Backing Up Clients via NFS or Samba Section 4.4. Amanda Recovery Section 4.5. Community and Support Options Section 4.6. Future Plans Chapter 5. BackupPC Section 5.1. BackupPC Features Section 5.2. How BackupPC Works Section 5.3. Installation How-To Section 5.4. Starting BackupPC Section 5.5. Per-Client Configuration Section 5.6. The BackupPC Community Section 5.7. The Future of BackupPC Chapter 6. Bacula Section 6.1. Bacula Architecture Section 6.2. Bacula Features Section 6.3. An Example Configuration Section 6.4. Advanced Features Section 6.5. Future Directions Chapter 7. Open-Source Near-CDP Section 7.1. rsync with Snapshots Section 7.2. rsnapshot Section 7.3. rdiff-backup Part 3: Commercial Backup Chapter 8. Commercial Backup Utilities Section 8.1. What to Look For Section 8.2. Full Support of Your Platforms Section 8.3. Backup of Raw Partitions Section 8.4. Backup of Very Large Filesystems and Files Section 8.5. Aggressive Requirements Section 8.6. Simultaneous Backup of Many Clients to One Drive Section 8.7. Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape Backup Section 8.8. Simultaneous Backup of One Client to Many Drives Section 8.9. Data Requiring Special Treatment Section 8.10. Storage Management Features Section 8.11. Reduction in Network Traffic Section 8.12. Support of a Standard or Custom Backup Format Section 8.13. Ease of Administration Section 8.14. Security Section 8.15. Ease of Recovery Section 8.16. Protection of the Backup Index Section 8.17. Robustness Section 8.18. Automation Section 8.19. Volume Verification Section 8.20. Cost Section 8.21. Vendor Section 8.22. Final Thoughts Chapter 9. Backup Hardware Section 9.1. Decision Factors Section 9.2. Using Backup Hardware Section 9.3. Tape Drives Section 9.4. Optical Drives Section 9.5. Automated Backup Hardware Section 9.6. Disk Targets Part 4: Bare-Metal Recovery Chapter 10. Solaris Bare-Metal Recovery Section 10.1. Using Flash Archive Section 10.2. Preparing for an Interactive Restore Section 10.3. Setup of a Noninteractive Restore Section 10.4. Final Thoughts Chapter 11. Linux and Windows Section 11.1. How It Works Section 11.2. The Steps in Theory Section 11.3. Assumptions Section 11.4. Alt-Boot Full Image Method Section 11.5. Alt-Boot Partition Image Method Section 11.6. Live Method Section 11.7. Alt-Boot Filesystem Method Section 11.8. Automate Bare-Metal Recovery with G4L Section 11.9. Commercial Solutions Chapter 12. HP-UX Bare-Metal Recovery Section 12.1. System Recovery with Ignite-UX Section 12.2. Planning for Ignite-UX Archive Storage and Recovery Section 12.3. Implementation Example Section 12.4. System Cloning Section 12.5. Security Section 12.6. System Recovery and Disk Mirroring Chapter 13. AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Section 13.1. IBM's mksysb and savevg Utilities Section 13.2. Backing Up with mksysb Section 13.3. Setting Up NIM Section 13.4. savevg Operations Section 13.5. Verifying a mksysb or savevg Backup Section 13.6. Restoring an AIX System with mksysb Section 13.7. System Cloning Chapter 14. Mac OS X Bare-Metal Recovery Section 14.1. How It Works Section 14.2. A Sample Bare-Metal Recovery Part 5: Database Backup Chapter 15. Backing Up Databases Section 15.1. Can It Be Done? Section 15.2. Confusion: The Mysteries of Database Architecture Section 15.3. The Muck Stops Here: Databases in Plain English Section 15.4. What's the Big Deal? Section 15.5. Database Structure Section 15.6. An Overview of a Page Change Section 15.7. ACID Compliance Section 15.8. What Can Happen to an RDBMS? Section 15.9. Backing Up an RDBMS Section 15.10. Restoring an RDBMS Section 15.11. Documentation and Testing Section 15.12. Unique Database Requirements Chapter 16. Oracle Backup and Recovery Section 16.1. Two Backup Methods Section 16.2. Oracle Architecture Section 16.3. Physical Backups Without rman Section 16.4. Physical Backups with rman Section 16.5. Flashback Section 16.6. Managing the Archived Redo Logs Section 16.7. Recovering Oracle Section 16.8. Logical Backups Section 16.9. A Broken Record Chapter 17. Sybase Backup and Recovery Section 17.1. Sybase Architecture Section 17.2. The Power User's View Section 17.3. The DBA's View Section 17.4. Protecting Your Database Section 17.5. Backup Automation Through Scripting Section 17.6. Physical Backups with a Storage Manager Section 17.7. Recovering Your Database Section 17.8. Common Sybase Procedures Section 17.9. Sybase Recovery Procedure Chapter 18. IBM DB2 Backup and Recovery Section 18.1. DB2 Architecture Section 18.2. The backup, restore, rollforward, and recover Commands Section 18.3. Recovering Your Database Chapter 19. SQL Server Section 19.1. Overview of SQL Server Section 19.2. The Power User's View Section 19.3. The DBA's View Section 19.4. Backups Section 19.5. Logical (Table-Level) Backups Section 19.6. Restore and Recovery Chapter 20. Exchange Section 20.1. Exchange Architecture Section 20.2. Storage Groups Section 20.3. Backup Section 20.4. Using ntbackup to Back Up Section 20.5. Restore Section 20.6. Exchange Restore Chapter 21. PostgreSQL Section 21.1. PostgreSQL Architecture Section 21.2. Backup and Recovery Section 21.3. Point-in-Time Recovery Chapter 22. MySQL Section 22.1. MySQL Architecture Section 22.2. MySQL Backup and Recovery Methodologies Part 6: Potpourri Chapter 23. VMware and Miscellanea Section 23.1. Backing Up VMware Servers Section 23.2. Volatile Filesystems Section 23.3. Demystifying dump Section 23.4. How Do I Read This Volume? Section 23.5. Gigabit Ethernet Section 23.6. Disk Recovery Companies Section 23.7. Yesterday Section 23.8. Trust Me About the Backups Chapter 24. It's All About Data Protection Section 24.1. Business Reasons for Data Protection Section 24.2. Technical Reasons for Data Protection Section 24.3. Backup and Archive Section 24.4.