The Solution: Zmanda Recovery Manager [ZRM] for MySQL
Zmanda Recovery Manager [ZRM] for MySQL simplifies the life of a Database Administrator who needs an easy-to-use yet flexible and robust backup and recovery solution for MySQL server.
This article will show you how, in about 15 minutes, you can:
1. Install ZRM for MySQL locally, on a MySQL Database Server.
2. Configure ZRM for MySQL locally, on a MySQL Database Server.
3. Perform a backup.
4. Setup a automated backup process which adheres to your retention policies.
5. …

SETUP OF AMANDA ON LINUX (x86) AND SOLARIS (SPARC, X86) MACHINES
1. Short description what I have and what I want to achieve:
We have 12 machines:
* 1 Ultra Sparc 1, OS – Solaris 2.5.1
* 1 Sparc 20, OS – Solaris 2.5.1
* 10 PCs : 3 of them x86 Solaris 2.6, rest of them Linux RedHat 6.1
Server is running RedHat 6.1 and it is not backed up (–without-client in ./configure you will see below) rest of machines are just clients. We run …

 Reference:- http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/unix/331.php
A backup strategy is more complex then creating a redundant copy of disk storage and considering the strategy a success. A successful backup strategy must detail how the backup media are rotated, how the media are archived, how the system will be recovered, and what the backup software will do to create the backup. Although all parts of the backup strategy are equally important, this paper will focus on the backup script and will detail a flexible backup script …

The purpose of this chapter is to give a brief technical overview of Amanda. We want you to understand how Amanda works, how it is different from other backup software, and how it can help you solve your data protection requirements. On the other hand, we don’t want to overwhelm you with technical details that could be very specific to a particular setup or backup policy. Throughout this section we provide links to the websites where you can find up-to-date …