Implementing Backup and Recovery: The Readiness Guide for the Enterprise is a book by David B Little & David A. Chapa that arms you with all the information you need to architect a backup and recovery system. System backup is essential in any enterprise - protecting data is equivalent to protecting the company or agency. Whether you have the task of putting together a backup and recovery system for your organization or you are thinking about how backup & recovery rits within the scope of total data availability, this book is an invaluable resource.Implementing Backup and Recovery takes you through the necessary steps of deploying services by showing you how to address the architecture, limitations and capabilities of the existing network infrastructure. After an introduction to backup and recovery in the enterprise, Little and Chapa give a tutorial on the components of backup. Then, using VERITAS NetBackup as an example, they show you how to install and configure a backup application and how to customize services to meet customer needs. Throughout the book, the authors use real-life client situations to explain specific concepts. In addition, you'll also learn:
- The business & legal requirements of backup systems
- VERITAS NetBackup's tiered architecture and configuration elements
- How to determine your need for additional backup services
- What the future holds for backup and recovery
