Backup

Data Recovery Assist 3.0.0.31 – A comprehensive data recovery software.

Data Recovery Assist 3.0.0.31 allows you to recover lost, deleted, and formatted data on local and network drives, as well as removable drives. Data Recovery Assist 3.0.0.31 supports Hard Disk, USB Drive, SD Card, MMC Card, Sony Memory Stick, ect. Data Recovery Assist 3.0.0.31 can recovers deleted files emptied from Recycle Bin, lost data due to partition [...]

How to Buildg Bacula from Source – An Open Source network backup and restore solution

  The basic installation is rather simple.   Install and build any depkgs as noted above. This should be unnecessary on most modern Operating Systems.  Configure and install MySQL or PostgreSQL (if desired). Installing and Configuring MySQL Phase I or Installing and Configuring PostgreSQL Phase I. If you are installing from rpms, and are using MySQL, please be sure to install mysql-devel, [...]

How to take Linux backups powered by Tar

This document entry however covers a foundation approach and mostly used tar arguments on backing up data using the linux command tar. ============================================= Data backup samples using Tar Linux command ============================================= A very simple usage of tar # tar cvf backup.tar * Legend: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -c create a new tar file -v verbose mode -f select [...]

How to take Linux backups powered by Rsync

RSync backups data and does it very clean and well. Rsync only transfers those data that have been modified and changed so that the destination host has an exact replica from the source host. Rysnc is a command line backup tool that handles data transfers in an effective and secure manner like any other known [...]

How To Setup and Install Robusts and Highly Configurable BackupPC

Considering the high-end rising PCs and storage capacity nowadays, it is now practical and cost effective to do backup management and administration to server’s local or network storage disk, not like decades ago where you would buy a very costly tape backup drive to backup small enteprise scaled data. This is where we cover BackupPC. [...]

How To Selectively Archive and Backup MBox/IMAP Mails Using ArchiveMail

Maybe some of your mailboxes are quite large (eg, over 10,000 messages) and they are taking a while to load in your mail reader. Perhaps they are taking up too much space on your disk. Archiving old messages to a separate, compressed mailbox is possible. Here’s a quick post on managing your mbox/imap mailboxes directly. [...]

Linux Software: Backup Solutions

The following is a selection of Linux backup solutions. Applications with free versions (indicated as [Free]) are listed before commercial programs. Note: Freeware and GNU Library General Public License often come with restrictions. Users should check copyright and licensing statements from the developers. afbackup [Free] afbackup is a client-server backup system allowing many workstations to [...]

Exchange Disaster recovery – Steps for Disaster recovery

Disaster recovery is a scenario in which you have to restore you Exchange server as will as Windows 2003 server. Disaster recovery is a final point of restoration of Exchange server. In disaster recovery the entire Exchange server with Windows 2003 server is rebuilt. Summary to perform disaster recovery • Reinstall Windows 2003 server • [...]

How to Restore Exchange server

Restoring Exchange server is used when there is a database failure or server failure. Proper steps are required to be followed to bring the server and database online. You can restore Exchange database using NT BACKUP utility. But to restore Exchange database the database must be offline. Online restoration is not possible in Exchange server. [...]

Exchange backup types and Steps .

Online backup When Exchange Server 2003 performs an online backup, all services, including the exchange store, continue to run normally throughout the backup process. This allows users to continue to use their mailboxes during a backup process, whether the backup is incremental, differential, or full. Offline backup Offline backup is not a recommended solution. To [...]

Types of backup in Windows

Normal : This option backs up the selected files and clears the archive bit if it is set. Copy : This option backs up the selected files and does not clear the archive bit. Differential : This option backs up only the selected files where the archive bit is set. It does not clear the [...]

How to verify Backup in Windows 2003

Even though backups are a lot easier to do and more reliable with WS03, you should still take the time to make sure they have been properly performed. To do so, you need to view the backup log on each file server. To check backup logs: 1. Use the Global MMC Console to open a [...]

How to Take System State Backup Windows 2003

System state backups are critical on each server because these are the tools that protect the operating system itself. There are nine potential elements to a system state backup. Some are always backed up and others depend on the type of server you are backing up. They are identified as follows: • The system registry [...]

How to take Backup in windows XP

Open Windows XP Backup Windows XP includes its own backup program, although you may need to do some digging to find it. You can also take your pick of third-party programs (listed at the end of this column) that add bells and whistles you won’t find in the basic Windows XP Backup utility. If you [...]

How to Install and Configure Zmanda Recovery and Back up Manager (ZRM)

Download :: The community edition (open source ) can be downloaded at http://www.zmanda.com/download-zrm.php Select the latest version. The latest version available at this point is Release 2.0. Download the server and client software [required for backup form remote server] based on the platform. For RHEL 4 enterprise edition download server RPM MySQL-zrm-2.0-1.noarch.rpm April 07 2008 [...]