ArGest Backup User Guide

• What is ArGest Backup?
  • General Notes
  • Device Compatibility
  • Performance
  • Platform and Version Compatibility
  • A Word About Capacity and Compression
  • Fast Recovery
  • Recover to an Alternate Location
  • The BRU Tape Format
  • Verify Capabilities
  • Special Files
  • File Comparisons
  • File Restore Overwrite Protection
  • Catalogs – What Are They?
  • Archival Versus Backup
  • Tape Data Protection Options
  • Definitions and Concepts
  • Important Backup Data Selection Concepts
• Installation, Licensing, QuickStart
  • Installation
  • License Types
  • Licensing ArGest Backup
  • Quick Start – Getting Started
  • Performing the Restore
  • Important note for restoring to an external USB, FireWire or non-system internal disks
  • Special Considerations for Library Use
• Advanced Terminal Operation
  • Overview
  • Tape under OS X
  • Further Descriptions
  • Command Line Examples
  • Getting Started
  • Advanced Operations
• The brutab File
  • Boolean brutab Fields
  • The Syntax of brutab Entries
  • brutab Default Values
  • The Default Device
  • brutab Fields
  • Global brutab Parameters
  • Determining Parameter Values: -hh
• Terminal Archive Creation: The Backup Function
  • Overview
  • The BRU Command Line
  • Command Line Options: Modes
  • Telling BRU This Is a Backup (-c)
  • Estimating Archive Size (-e)
  • Command Line Options: Control Options
  • Telling BRU What Device to Use: (-f device)
  • Labeling the Archive: (-L) label
  • Backing up Raw devices: (-r)
  • Changing Default BRU Operations With: (-Q)
  • Selection Depth for Backup: (-U)
  • Setting the Verbosity Level: (-v and -V)
  • Generating Log Files Using: (-v lower case v)
  • Confirmation Option: (-w)
  • Do Not Cross Mount Points: (-m)
  • Excluding Remote Files: (-R)
  • Running Without User Intervention: (-B)
  • Specifying Media Size: (-s media_size)
  • Data Compression: (-Z)
  • Command Line Options: File Selection
  • Using Wildcard Filename Expansion
  • Using Pathnames
  • Selecting Files from stdin: (-)
  • Selecting Files by Date: (-n date)
  • Date Formats for Use with (-n)
  • Resetting Access Time: (-a)
  • Inverse Date Specification
  • Selecting Files by User: (-o)
  • Selecting Files by User Name: (-o login_name)
  • Selecting Files by File Owner: (-o pathname)
  • Selecting Files by User ID: (-o decimal_value)
  • Forcing Overwrite of Archives (OVERWRITEPROTECT): (-O)
  • The Shell Scripts fullbru and incbru
  • Interrupting BRU
• Terminal File Inclusion and Exclusion
  • The bruxpat File and the – QX Option
  • Specifying Include/Exclude Patterns
  • The Control Field: Action Type Characters
  • The Control Field: Pattern Type Characters
  • The Pattern Field
  • A Sample bruxpat File
  • Testing Include/Exclude Patterns
• Terminal Archive Inspection and Verification
  • Overview
  • Archive Inspection
  • Inspecting an Archive: (-i)
  • Listing the Table of Contents: (-t)
  • Dumping the Archive Information Block: (-g)
  • Archive Verification
  • Archive Verification – Reporting File Differences: (-d)
  • Difference Mode Examples
  • Using BRU To Find System Problems
  • AUTOSCAN Verification
  • When AUTOSCAN Is Disabled
• Terminal Extract Files: The Restore Function
  • Overview
  • The BRU Command Line
  • Command Line Options: Modes
  • Telling BRU To Restore: (-x)
  • Command Line Options: Control Options
  • Telling BRU What Device to Use: (-f device)
  • Setting the Verbosity Level: (-v)
  • Generating Log Files: (-v)
  • Label Option: (-L)
  • Command line override option: (-Q)
  • Depth Selection on Restore Option: (-U)
  • Confirmation Option: (-w)
  • Changing Ownership of Extracted Files: (-C)
  • Command Line Options: File Selection
  • Using Wildcard File Name Expansion
  • Using Include/Exclude Patterns
  • Unconditional File Type Extraction: (-u flag)
  • The -E File Extraction Option
  • Extracting Filenames Read from stdin: –
  • Extracting Files by Date: (-n date)
  • Inverse Date Specification
  • Extracting Files by User: (-o)
  • Extracting Files by User Name: (-o username)
  • Extracting Files by User ID: (-o uid)
  • Extracting Files by File Owner: (-o pathname)
  • Where To Put the Files: Pathnames
  • Translate on Restore Option: (-T file)
  • Converting Pathnames from Absolute to Relative Form: (-PA)
• Terminal Advanced Uses
  • Overview
  • Telling BRU the Buffer Size: (-b bufsize)
  • Setting the Archive Media Size: (-s msize)
  • Reading stdin or Writing stdout (standard I/O streams)
  • Using Multiple Files/Devices: (-f device)
  • Ownership of Extracted Files: (-C)
  • Increasing BRU’s Speed
  • Specifying a Larger (or Smaller) Buffer Size
  • Available memory size
  • Device limitations
  • Improperly specified size
  • Archive header information
  • Double Buffering: (-D)
  • Turning Off Error Checking: (-F)
  • Using Data Compression: (-Z)
  • Using An Alternate Compressor With BRU
  • Using BRU with brutalk: (-I args)
  • Running BRU from cron
  • Setting Up a cron Entry
  • BRU’s I/O Streams
  • Handling Sparse Files: (-S threshold)
  • Using Remote Devices (non-OS X)
  • Restoring Shared Library Files – SmartRestore
  • Appending to Existing Archives
  • Live Systems Backups
• Appendix
  • Appendiz A – Files That Are Installed
  • Appendix B – The BRU Help Command
  • Appendix C – The BRU Manual Page
  • Appendix D – Table of BRU Modes and Options
  • Appendix E – Sample BRUTAB File
  • Appendix F – BRU Execution Log
  • Appendix G – The Shell Scripts: fullbru and incbru
  • Appendix H – The brutalk Program
  • Appendix I – The brutalk File
  • Appendix J – Advanced BRUTAB Settings
  • Appendix K – Using MOUNTCMD and UNMOUNTCMD
  • Appendix L – BRU Messages
• ArGest Backup License Agreement