Part I. Backup
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Backup

Part I, Backup, contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, “Planning a Backup Strategy”
Planning a Backup Strategy

Chapter 2, “Backup and Recovery Procedures”
Backup and Recovery Procedures

Chapter 3, “Troubleshooting Backup and Recovery”
Troubleshooting Backup and Recovery

Table of Contents

1. Planning a Backup Strategy
Types of Backup Media
IRIX Backup Tools
Backup Strategies

2. Backup and Recovery Procedures
General Backup Procedure
Recovering Data After System Corruption
Changing the Default Backup Device
Saving Files Using Data Compression
Backup and Restore Utilities
About dump and restore
About xfsdump and xfsrestore
About tar
About cpio
About dd

3. Troubleshooting Backup and Recovery
Troubleshooting Unreadable Backups
Reading Media from Other Systems
Troubleshooting Errors During Backup
Restoring the Correct Backup after the Wrong One
Testing for Bad Media
Backup and Recovery Error Messages and Actions
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