 April 2002 • Volume 11 • Number 4
Features
Configuring Amanda • David T. Smith
In this article, Smith reviews the installation and configuration process for Amanda and shows how to tailor it to some of the potential environments in which it may be used.
Multi-Platform Backups • Robin Wakefield
To manage backups more efficiently, Wakefield shows how he centralized the control and management of the configuration by creating a master list of workstations, their filesystems, and the corresponding drive-host machine to which filesystems would be backed up.
CD Backups with Easy File Access • Bryan Smith
Smith introduces the "back2cd" script, which maximizes CD capacity while preserving CD's inherit random-access advantage. Backup Scripts from UnixReview.com
Edited by Ed Schaefer
In this column, Schaefer highlights three backup scripts that were submitted to his "Shell Corner" column on UnixReview.com.
Geographic Failover for Cheapskates • Rob King
King describes the DNS failover plan in place at his company.
A Homegrown Backup Solution Utilizing RSA Keys, SSH, and tar •
Ray Strubinger
Strubinger shares two shell scripts used in this custom backup solution. Recovering Deleted Files in Linux
Brian Buckeye and Kevin Liston
Most systems administrators have experienced a situation where vital files have accidentally been deleted without a recent backup. Liston explores some ways to recover those files in Linux.
Columns
Using Lib C and I/O and Performance • Henry Newman
Upgrading to Solaris 8 • Peter Baer Galvin
Name Services: Another View • Ron McCarty
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
On the Web
Integrating Backup into a Multiple Operating System Network with Amanda • Edward L. Haletky
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