dpz@dorm.rutgers.edu (David P. Zimmerman) (01/21/89)
I have written up a document intended to help operators and systems programmers with the Berkeley 4.3BSD dump(8) and restore(8) programs. It covers aspects of dump and restore ranging from backup scripts and operations to internals and a bit of history. Tips on porting the 4.3BSD dump and restore to your system are in the closing section, along with a pointer to real, live code. Theoretically, operators will be concerned with the beginning, managers with the middle, programmers with the end, and hackers with everything except operations. It also includes sample backup shell scripts and explanations of what can, and often does, go wrong. Since I hear dump, restore, and their manpages are currently considered trade secret AT&T, I can't post the document. I have mucked around with source and the porting tips are based on that knowledge. However, if you are interested in this document, and you mention that you have an appropriate source code license, I will be happy to mail you a copy. I've run this past a number of our operators so far, new and old, and have gotten a good bit of enthusiasm about it. David -- David P. Zimmerman, the Dorm Networking Pilot Project, the UUCP Project, etc dpz@dorm.rutgers.edu rutgers!dpz dpzimmerman@zodiac.bitnet