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backing up databases
     filesystem backups versus
backup and recovery utilities
     asr (Apple System Restore)
     comparison table
     cpio utility
     dd utility
     ditto utility
     dump utility
     Mac OS X, how they differ
     ntbackup
     overview
     pax (portable archive exchange)
     psync, rsyncx, hfstar, xtar, and hfspax
     restore utility
     rsync
     System Restore (Windows)
     tar utility
backup device, different drives, problems with
backup hardware
     autoloader
     automated
     capacity
     cartridge care
     cartridge versus cassette tape drives
     compression
     content-awareness
     cost
     de-duplication and
     decision factors
     density versus compression
     disk drives versus tape media
     disk-as-disk targets
     drive care
     duty cycle
     flexibility
     helical versus linear tape drives
     jukebox
     library
     midrange tape drive types
     multiplexing
     NAS disk-as-disk targets
     nearline and offline storage
     notification
     number of passes, and media life
     optical drives
     packaging
     re-presentation
     reliability
     removability
     replication and
     SAN disk-as-disk targets
     silo
     stacking
     streaming tape drives
     tape drives
     time left powered off
     time-to-data
     transfer speed
     using
     variable-speed tape drives
     virtual tape cartridges (VTCs)
    virtual tape libraries [See VTL]
     VTL
backup servers
     recovering
backup utilities
     native
     versions, problems with
backup volumes
     cpio format
     damaged, reading problems
     different formats, reading
     inventorying
     long-term archives, ensuring readability
     multiple backups, dividing among
     reading
     storing
     tapes 2nd 3rd
     unknown format
BackupCentral.com
BackupPC
     community
     configuration files
     installation
     overview
     per client configuring
     web site
backups
     atime, changing
     automating
     choosing methods
     commercial database backup products
     cost, weighing
     creating your own database backup utility
     databases
     deciding what data to include
     distributing backup devices to the subnet level
     dump utility
     Exchange
     Exchange Server
     excluding files
     formats 2nd
     how to do, deciding
     importance of
     iPod, using for
     levels
     metadata
     mksysb
     mksysb utility 2nd
     monitoring
     MySQL
     operating system, backing up with a native utility
     options
         alt-boot filesystem
         alt-boot full image
         alt-boot partition image
         live
     Oracle
     personnel
     PostgreSQL
     protection of the backup index
     reasons for
     recoverability requirements, defining
     restoring from
     savevg
     scheduling 2nd 3rd
     simplicity, retaining
     size, considering
     SQL Server
     storing
     Sybase
     systems
     tape versus volume (CDs or magneto-optical disks)
     testing
     torture-testing
     VMware
     volatile filesystems 2nd 3rd
Bacula
     ANSI and IBM tape labels
     architecture
     authentication
     autochanger support
     backup traffic and storage encryption
     bare-metal recovery
     BartPE rescue CD
     base job support
     client script support
     client-initiated backups
     components
     configuration
         example
     documentation
     features
     intrusion detection
     Mac OS X backup
     plug-in support for file daemons
     pool migration
     project homepage
     Python script support
     Python-based GUI tool
     server setup
     tracking deleted or renamed files
bar codes (backup volumes) 2nd
bare-metal recovery
     AIX
     automated with G4L
     commercial solutions
     HP-UX
     IBM tools
     Linux and Windows
     live method
     live versus alternative boot
     Mac OS X
     Solaris
big-endian platforms
BLOB [See large object (LOB) data]
block
block size
     backups, mksysb utility
     hardcoding on operating systems
     tape backups, differences in
     tape, determining with the dd utility
blocking factor, determining (tar)
booting from alternative media
bosinst.data file
byte-order problems, swapping bytes, incompatibility problems