BRU Primer -> Advanced
In BRU 2, you have 3 tools to use. These include: BRU Server Agent Config (UB) – A tool used to install the agent, which needs to be located on each machine that will be backed up (including the server if it has any data to back up) BRU Server Config (UB) – Used to [...]
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security · Tagged with: agent, backup, BRU, bru-server, Command line, config, console, kill, Mac OS X, script, server
Moodle 2.0
I’ve been experimenting with some of the new developmental stuff in Moodle 2.0. The first thing that struck me was that the navigation is much better. It’s uniform throughout the pages and it seems like a lot of attention was made to make the menus and how blocks appear and are laid out look and [...]
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, sites · Tagged with: backup, Mac OS X, moodle, moodle 2.0, wiki
Slides from MacSysAdmin Talk on Enterprise Backup
In case you were unable to make it to Sweden for the talk, here are the slides from the MacSysAdmin talk on Enterprise Backup. Hope the format suits ya’. If not, ummm… Sorry – or not…
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security · Tagged with: backup, enterprise backup, MacSysAdmin, slides
Backup Planning
The two attached files are a sample checklist and a sample backup calculator to be used in conjunction with the talk I’m giving at MacSysAdmin, which has been moved up to 10:45 in the morning today.
In: Business, Consulting, Kerio, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security, Mass Deployment · Tagged with: backup, backup calculator, backup checklist, enterprise backup, Mac OS X, sample
Speaking at MacSysAdmin 2009 in Sweden
MacSysAdmin 2009 will be held in the Burgårdens Konferenscenter in the center of Göteborg, Sweden. I’ve just been added to the roster of speakers, effectively bringing down the average Knowledge of speakers by at least 1d6. But I’ll try and keep ya’ entertained at the least. Hope you can make it and thanks to Tycho [...]
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, public speaking · Tagged with: backup, conference, gotebord, Mac OS X, speaking, sweden, systems administration
Suppressing Time Machine on Disk Mount
By default, when you are using Time Machine in Mac OS X, every time you insert a drive the system will ask you if you would like to use that drive as a Time Machine backup destination. Â If you are like me and you swap drives around a lot then this can get annoying. Â So [...]
In: Mac OS X · Tagged with: annoying, backup, defaults, disk mount, every time, stop, suppress, Time Machine
Mac Enterprise Backup Whitepaper
The basic steps to use BRU, Tivoli, Atempo, Bakbone and PresSTORE are all covered in the latest edition of Michael Dhaliwal’s Enterprise Backup Whitepaper, available on his personal site.
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server · Tagged with: Atempo, backup, bakbone, BRU, dhaliwal, Enterprise, Presstore, Tivoli, whitepaper
TimeMachine Over Xsan and iSCSI
Now that I’ve shown over the years how to setup an Xsan and iSCSI targets on Mac OS X I am starting to get a number of questions about how to set these up in such a way that Time Machine can backup to them. Â Since they’re not your typical disks in a lot of [...]
In: Mac OS X, Xsan · Tagged with: backup, iscsi, Mac OS X, Time Machine, TimeMachine, Xsan
Xsan: Backing up Configuration Information
You can update the configuration information on your Xsan using the following command: cvgather -f
In: Xsan · Tagged with: backup, cvgather, Xsan, xsan 2
Xsan: Backup
OK, RAID 5 is not a backup scheme. Â Even with Direct Attached Storage you have to back it up. Â But even more to the point, if you have a bunch of RAIDs strung together as an Xsan and you’re not backing it up then you are taking life one day at a time. Â Stop. Â The [...]
