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The Solution: Zmanda Recovery Manager [ZRM] for MySQL
Zmanda Recovery Manager [ZRM] for MySQL simplifies the life of a Database Administrator who needs an easy-to-use yet flexible and robust backup and recovery solution for MySQL server.
This article will show you how, in about 15 minutes, you can:
1. Install ZRM for MySQL locally, on a MySQL Database [...]

SETUP OF AMANDA ON LINUX (x86) AND SOLARIS (SPARC, X86) MACHINES
1. Short description what I have and what I want to achieve:
We have 12 machines:
* 1 Ultra Sparc 1, OS – Solaris 2.5.1
* 1 Sparc 20, OS – Solaris 2.5.1
* 10 PCs : 3 of them x86 Solaris 2.6, rest of them Linux RedHat 6.1
Server [...]

 Reference:- http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/unix/331.php
A backup strategy is more complex then creating a redundant copy of disk storage and considering the strategy a success. A successful backup strategy must detail how the backup media are rotated, how the media are archived, how the system will be recovered, and what the backup software will do to create the backup. [...]