[olug] Unix Tip: BACKUP INDEX LOCATIONS

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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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