\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Overview of the Backup System}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}Tapes}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}Database}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3}Programs}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.4}Configuration Files}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5}Features}{7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Installation}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Things to do once...}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}If you are creating a new database...}{12}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3}If you already have a database...}{14}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4}Things to do on each host...}{15}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Testing}{17}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Configuration}{18}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1}global.defs, local.defs}{19}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2}backup.config}{19}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.1}chains}{19}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.2}level}{20}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.3}location}{21}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.4}offsite}{21}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.5}group}{21}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.6}tape-type}{22}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.7}tape}{22}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.8}config-name}{22}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.9}Miscellanea}{23}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3}\pdollar db\unhbox \voidb@x \kern .06em \vbox {\hrule width.3em}dir/backups}{23}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Doing Backups}{24}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {6.1}Adding Tapes to the Tape Database}{24}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {6.2}Starting a Backup Run}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {6.3}Checking a Backup Run}{26}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Doing Restores}{27}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8}Tape Management}{28}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {9}The Graph Making Stuff}{28}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10}Daily Procedures}{32}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {11}Disaster Recovery}{32}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {12}Problems that Crop Up}{33}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {13}Archive Programs}{35}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {13.1}Adding Support for New Archive Programs}{36}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {14}Future Plans}{37}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {14.1}Multiple Tape Support}{37}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {14.2}Control of Incrementals}{39}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {14.3}Online Catalogue of Files}{40}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {14.4}Backup of Active File Systems}{40}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {14.5}Interoperability}{40}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A}The Backup Database}{41}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.1}Tape Database}{41}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.2}The Run Database}{42}