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Introduction
Choosing Data to Back Up
Choosing the Right Tools
Implementing the Solution
About This Document
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Backups in a Windows Environment
The MKS Toolkit Solution
Scheduling Backups in a Windows Environment
MKS Toolkit Scheduler
The MKS Toolkit Command-Line Scheduling Utilities
AlertCentre
Backing up Workstations
Using ntbackup with MKS Toolkit
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Backups in a Mixed Environment
Backing up UNIX Data from Windows
Running UNIX Backups from Windows
Running Windows Backups from UNIX
MKS Toolkit Remote and Secure Services
Mounted Windows Drives
Comparing UNIX and Windows Systems
File and Path Names
Path Name Lengths
Block Sizes
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Compression
Compression Utilities
Compression Methods
Lempel-Ziv Adaptive (LZW)
Lempel-Ziv (LZ77)
Burrows-Wheeler
Huffman
Using the Compression Utilities
Compressing a File
Decompressing a File
Viewing and Redirecting Decompressed Contents
Using zip Archives
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Tools
The tar Utility
Options
Using tar
Interoperability Issues
The cpio Utility
Options
Using cpio
Interoperability Issues
The pax Utility
Options
Using pax
Interoperability Issues
The Visual Pax Utility
Menu Items
The mt Utility
Commands
Using mt
Interoperability Issues
The dd Utility
Parameters
Using dd
Interoperability Issues
The mkszip Utility
Options
Using mkszip
Interoperability Issues
The uncompress and zcat Utilities
Options
Using uncompress and zcat
Interoperability Issues
The gzip, gunzip, and gzcat Utilities
Options
Using gzip, gunzip, and gzcat
Interoperability Issues
The bzip2, bunzip2, and bz2cat Utilities
Options
Using bzip2, bunzip2, and bz2cat
Related Utilities
Interoperability Issues
The zip Utility
Options
Using zip
Interoperability Issues
The unzip Utility
Options
Using unzip
Interoperability Issues
The pack Utility
Options
Using pack
Interoperability Issues
The unpack and pcat Utilities
Options
Using unpack and pcat
Interoperability Issues
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Devices
Disk Drives
CD-RW Drives
Zip Drives
Tape Drives and Drivers
Tape Device Names
Raw Input/Output
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Tasks
A Sample File Hierarchy
Choosing an Archive Format
Creating an Archive File
tar Format
USTAR Format
cpio Format
With Visual Pax
Creating a Tape Archive
Creating Multiple Archives on a Single Tape
Listing the Contents of an Archive
With Visual Pax
Restoring an Archive File
Restoring Selected Files
With Visual Pax
Restoring a Tape Archive
Multiple Archives on a Single Tape
Creating an Enhanced Archive
With Visual Pax
Restoring an Enhanced Archive
With Visual Pax
Creating Incremental Backups
Restoring Incremental Backups
Restoring a UNIX Tape on Windows
With Visual Pax
Mirroring a Hard Drive
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Troubleshooting