Unix Tip: BACKUP INDEX LOCATIONS

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Unix Tip 2946 - March 1, 2010

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BACKUP INDEX LOCATIONS

Couple words on your backups index.

1) When doing backups on your systems make sure that your backup indexes are not stored on the same disks that you may need to recover files from. If you loose the disk that the files are on then you still have your backups safe. If you loose the disks with your backup indexes, your files are still okay and the users will be able to work. You can then spend the day scanning your indexes from tape.

2) Make sure that you backup your indexes occasionally using tar, dump, cpio or something else other than your normal backup software.

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