Description : Is BitLocker disk encryption compatible with online/offline backups?
Last Answer : answer:Are you completely settled on Bit Locker? it was developed by Microsoft and is almost all proprietary (not open source) software. Microsoft has worked with NSA and other organizations in the past. ... to make to you - just that BitLocker is somewhat suspect from a security point of view.
Description : Why are my hourly 'Time Machine' backups so HUGE!
Last Answer : Are you using a program like Parallels, that stores things in a huge file? There are a few other programs like that out there, too. You need to exclude those files. I’ll see if I can find the link I read a couple of years ago about this, and if so I’ll post it.
Description : I've been using Backup on my Mac to back up my home folder. It has been putting these backups on my hard drive. Now I want to put all my backups on my Seagate external drive. Can I safely delete the backups that are on my hard drive since they're taking up 80 GB of space?
Last Answer : Plug the seagate in and it will ask you if you want to use the drive for time machine. Say yes, wait until it does a backup then delete the backups on your hard drive.
Description : Have you lost any files that you could have prevented with backups in the last year? Please say also if you haven't. This is kind of a statistic. Feel free to share horror stories. I've been there. Thanks :)
Last Answer : I haven’t but I work in the computer industry and know a lot of people who have. Hard disk failure is the usually the cause, but back in the days of floppies I knew someone who was keeping their backups “safe” by sticking them to a fridge with fridge magnets!
Description : What's best: CCC or SuperDuper for bootable backups on Leopard?
Last Answer : answer:CarbonCopyCloner is free. SuperDuper is $27.95 for full functionality. I would tend to assume that any slowness perceived would be a function of how much data was in the incremental change, as ... than just the software. Under the covers, many of those are very similar in how they operate.
Description : If I relocate a Backups.backupdb file from one Time Machine drive onto another blank drive, will the Mac simply continue backing up to the volume as normal?
Last Answer : answer:oooh, good question, can’t test it at the moment, im not sure if time machine also identifies the volume of the drive, i’d have to get back on that one, currently not at home i mean, i could relocate it for you on the fly and test, i started fresh so i don’t care if it gets lost
Description : Making backups, keeping passwords and having access control are used for ………….. (a) Data security -Technology
Last Answer : (a) Backups, access authorised are the techniques to secure data from damage and getting lost.
Description : Do you do regular backups of your main hard drive and any drive you store data on?
Last Answer : This is not my job, but sometimes I lost my important data, so I once decided to make a copy and save elsewhere. This was a fine point as this stores my important data which I need to use later. ... So the saved data is helpful for me. I have plan to buy Linux laptop next to overcome this problem.
Description : Should I do daily backups of my site to overcome any hacking that could happen?
Last Answer : Today many website owners find they have issues with spam or being hacked. This can really damage a website and the downtime can destroy the site. People find it hard to maintain a site and ... backup from the day before, the hosting company could use your personal backup to restore your website.
Description : What is the difference between online and offline backups? (for DBA
Last Answer : A hot backup is a backup performed while the database is online and available for read/write. Except for Oracle exports, one can only do on- line backups when running in ARCHIVELOG mode. A cold backup is a backup performed while the database is off-line and unavailable to its users.
Description : What are the different kind of export backups?
Last Answer : Full back - Complete database Incremental - Only affected tables from last incremental date/full backup date. Cumulative backup - Only affected table from the last cumulative date/full backup date.
Description : How does one do on-line database backups? (for DBA
Last Answer : Each tablespace that needs to be backed-up must be switched into backup mode before copying the files out to secondary storage (tapes). Look at this simple example. ALTER TABLESPACE xyz ... files while in backup mode. This will lead to excessive database archiving and even database freezes.
Description : How does one do off-line database backups? (for DBA
Last Answer : Shut down the database from sqlplus or server manager. Backup all files to secondary storage (eg. tapes). Ensure that you backup all data files, all control files and all log files. When ... at a convenient time, switch your database into ARCHIVELOG mode and perform hot (on-line) backups.
Description : What is the benefit of the Networking? A. File Sharing B. Easier access to Resources C. Easier Backups D. All of the Above
Last Answer : D. All of the Above
Description : Which of the following can be used for reducing recovery time? a) Automatic failover b) By taking backup on a faster device c) Taking multiple backups – one in same location, another at different location d) All of the mentioned
Last Answer : All of the mentioned
Description : Which of the following is an example of an unmanaged storage utility set up to do automated backups? a) XDrive b) OmniDrive c) FreeDrive d) All of the mentioned
Description : Will RMAN takes backups of read-only tablespaces?
Last Answer : No
Description : What is the recommended method to make backups of a RAC environment?
Last Answer : RMAN to make backups of the database, dd to backup your voting disk and hard copies of the OCR file.
Description : What is the most important requirement in order to use RMAN to make consistent hot backups
Last Answer : Your database has to be in ARCHIVELOG mode.