Linux Tutorials on the topic “backup”
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Creating MySQL Backups With AutoMySQLBackup On Ubuntu 9.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: mysql, backup, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Creating MySQL Backups With AutoMySQLBackup On Ubuntu 9.10 AutoMySQLBackup is a shell script that lets you take daily, weekly and monthly backups of your MySQL databases using mysqldump. It can back up multiple databases, compress the backups, back up remote databases, and email the logs. This tutorial explains how to install and use it on an Ubuntu 9.10 server.
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How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: backup, debian, mysql •
Comments: 0 How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Debian Lenny mylvmbackup is a Perl script for quickly creating MySQL backups. It uses LVM's snapshot feature to do so. To perform a backup, mylvmbackup obtains a read lock on all tables and flushes all server caches to disk, creates a snapshot of the volume containing the MySQL data directory, and unlocks the tables again. This article shows how to use it on a Debian Lenny server.
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Automated Backups Using dhcpd On Ubuntu
Author: mcielen •
Tags: backup, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Automated Backups Using dhcpd On Ubuntu This tutorial shows how to set up automated backups of Linux hosts through dhcp using Ubuntu.
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Creating Backups With Back In Time On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: backup, desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 3 Creating Backups With Back In Time On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop This tutorial explains how to install and use Back In Time on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop. Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux inspired from "flyback project" and "TimeVault". The backup is done by taking snapshots of a specified set of directories.
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Creating Backups With luckyBackup On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: backup, desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 5 Creating Backups With luckyBackup On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop This tutorial explains how to install and use luckyBackup on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop. luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool. It is simple to use, fast (transfers over only changes made and not all data), safe (keeps your data safe by checking all declared directories before proceeding in any data manipulation ), reliable and fully customizable.
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Creating Snapshot-Backups with BackerUpper On Ubuntu 9.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: backup, desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 3 Creating Snapshot-Backups with BackerUpper On Ubuntu 9.04 BackerUpper is a tool similar to Apple's TimeMachine. It is intended to create snapshot-backups of selected directories or even your full hard drive. From the BackerUpper project page: "Backerupper is a simple program for backing up selected directories over a local network. Its main intended purpose is backing up a user's personal data." This article shows how to install and use BackerUpper on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).
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Management Of Backups With DAT Devices
Author: ginocic • Tags: linux, backup • Comments: 1Management Of Backups With DAT Devices I had the chance to use a DAT device (an old HP SuperStore DAT24) to make copy on tapes. I didn't want to install any new software to manage that task. This guide can be considered a first step to know how the thing can work. Then, everybody can customize it according to the personal needs.
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Mirror Your Web Site With rsync On Fedora 10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: backup, fedora •
Comments: 4 Mirror Your Web Site With rsync On Fedora 10 This tutorial shows how you can mirror your web site from your main web server to a backup server (both running Fedora 10) that can take over if the main server fails. We use the tool rsync for this, and we make it run through a cron job that checks every x minutes if there is something to update on the mirror. Thus your backup server should usually be up to date if it has to take over.
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QuickStart, The Swiss Army Knife For Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: backup, desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 1QuickStart, The Swiss Army Knife For Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop In this article I will show how to install and use QuickStart on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. QuickStart is like a Swiss army knife, it allows you to do various things on your Ubuntu desktop: creating and restoring backups, running scheduled backups, backing up configuration files, installing some common applications, installing DVD codecs, deleting unnecessary files, etc.
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Centralized Backup Server With Amanda On CentOS
Author: kcharoen •
Tags: backup, centos, high-availability •
Comments: 3 Centralized Backup Server With Amanda On CentOS This document describes how to set up a centralized network backup with Amanda. We will use virtual tape to store the backup.
