Currently, all I do is a tar through SSH and then dump it to a tape when I remember. I'd like to get this more automated, so please share your backup methods, procedures, and scripts! I make a local ...

I’ve learned that self-hosting comes with an unexpected problem: the more useful your server becomes, the more you have to protect it . What started as a few containers eventually turned into a setup ...

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Although Windows PowerShell is not a backup tool per se, it can be used to create data backups. In fact, there are several PowerShell backup scripts available for download. For those who may be ...

A while back, I developed a PowerShell script that I use for creating air gapped backups of my file data. Even though I put a lot of effort into building this script and testing it over and over again ...

Recovery Manager, or RMAN, is a tool from Oracle that can be used to back up and restore Oracle databases. The software runs on a management server and communicates with a target database or server ...

I would like to use rsync to backup one Mac OS X 10.4 to another each night with cron. What arguments are needed to make the the best possible rsync script for a Mac? If you can, avoid the use of the ...

PowerShell recovery scripts using WBAdmin no longer work in Windows 11, but VHDX mounting offers a manual workaround for restoring files. I recently wrote an article in which I walked you through the ...

Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, ...

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