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 March 2007 • Volume 16 • Number 3
Features
Respect Your Backup Admin? • Roger Feldman
Feldman looks at some backup
scenarios to help determine the level
of administration needed. He focuses on the real skills needed to run various backups and briefly describes some of the technologies used.
Backup Encryption • Kerry Thompson
Thompson shows how to add encryption to your backups and describes some pitfalls to watch out for.
An Online Backup Solution Using Advanced Features on IBM DS8000 • Khurram Shiraz
Shiraz covers different aspects of the IBM DS8000 FlashCopy feature and describes a fully automated online backup solution for a very large Oracle database.
AIX Tools: SUMA and Inventory Scout • Paul Guglielmino
Guglielmino describes two helpful AIX tools: the Service Update Management Assistant, which aids in downloading fixes as they become available, and Inventory Scout, which reports on firmware that needs updating.
RAM Nagios vs. HD Nagios: Performance Evaluation • Jonathan Krein
Krein provides Nagios performance
information as a follow-up to his article
that appeared in the January issue of
Sys Admin.
Managing Log Files with Splunk • Matthew Sacks
Sacks describes how to use the Splunk server to dump all your logs to a central server, pump them into a database, and then search through them using common Boolean and regular
expressions all wrapped up in a pretty Ajax user interface.
Miscellaneous Unix Tips: Answering
Novice Shell Questions • John Spurgeon and Ed Schaefer
In this article, the authors cover a few of the novice questions they've fielded.
Successfully Creating and Presenting Graphics • Mihalis Tsoukalos
Tsoukalos describes how to successfully present graphics to technical colleagues.
Columns
The Replacements • Randal L. Schwartz
Schwartz takes a look at the extremely useful substitute operation.
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
Rich answers questions about missing symlinks, Solaris-compatible hardware, and glue records.
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