 April
2003 • Volume 12 • Number 4
Features
Coordinating Multi-Host Backups Using Perl Sockets
• A. Clay Stephenson
To solve a sticky backup problem, Stephenson fashioned a sockets-based client-server
pair to essentially create a set of semaphores accessible by multiple hosts.
Logrotate — A Backup Solution • Sean D. Conway
Using a Linux program called logrotate, Conway created a backup solution to
consolidate and automate the backup process.
Backup Scripts from UnixReview.com: Part II • Edited
by Ed Schaefer
Schaefer presents three previously unpublished backup scripts that were submitted
to the Shell Corner column on UnixReview.com.
NetWorker Savegroup Summarizer — A Legato NetWorker Reporting
Tool • John Stoffel
Legato NetWorker is a powerful tool to manage backups, but it has some limitations
when it comes to reporting useful statistics from a completed backup, so Stoffel
developed his own reporting code as presented in this article.
An SQL Archive for Email and MIME Attachments • Robert
Bond
Bond describes how to build an email archive, using Perl and MySQL, that can
properly decode and extract attachments from even the most complex MIME messages.
Amanda Backup Enhanced with Solaris™ Snapshots •
Julian Briggs
Briggs discusses the development of a reliable backup system, using Amanda
backup software and Solaris filesystem snapshots.
Writing an SNMP Agent • Damir Delija
Delija shares some of the considerations that went into the building of his custom
SNMP agent.
Columns
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
Benchmarking Systems • Henry
Newman
Solaris™
Resource Management • Peter Baer Galvin
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