schriste@uceng.UC.EDU (Steven V. Christensen) (10/27/89)
Greetings, I am a EE student and was hired by the ChemE department to run their network (=4 computers) of Suns and Vaxen (ultrix). Among the things which I will be doing will be backups of the data they produce (someone "heard" that backups are a good thing). My question to this vast collection of experience is: 1) I am familiar with the unix "dump" command. Is there a better way? We will use the cartridge tapes standard for Suns. 2) How often should backups be done? There will be some moderate programming at first, and then some data operating later. 3) What combination of full and incremental backups are the norm for unix systems? You can post the responses, or email me at schriste@uceng.uc.edu, and I will post a followup later. Thanks, Steven -- Steven V. Christensen U.C. College of Eng. schriste@uceng.uc.edu