SQL Server 7 Backup & Recovery (Paperback)

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Provides real-world information for database administrators to develop, manage, plan and implement a data protection solution. Coves advanced tools and technologies for increasing uptime and performance, including clustering, replication, stand-by servers and advanced backup and recovery. Also reviews related information in data protection, security and performance on Windows NT4 and 2000.

From the Back Cover
Protect your organization's most valuable asset--its data. Develop and implement a thorough data protection solution for your SQL Server 7 database environment. SQL Server 7 Backup & Recovery is your one-stop resource for planning, developing, implementing, and managing backup and restore procedures. Learn to execute data protection strategies, implement a backup solution, and handle data recovery before potentially disastrous data loss occurs. You'll get details on the latest methods for increasing database uptime and improving performance. The case studies included show you how to apply the techniques described in the book in your own environment. Evaluate business requirements and develop a data protection strategy. Configure Windows NT/2000 for the secure and efficient use of SQL Server 7. Select the best hardware, software, and network technologies for your backup plan. Handle SQL Server 7 backup procedures involving files and filegroups, transaction logs, concurrency, locking, and other database issues. Increase database uptime and optimize performance. Develop and practice restore plans for various scenarios--from minor data loss to complete hardware failures. Increase reliability, availability, and performance through the use of standby servers and clustering. Distribute data throughout your enterprise with SQL Server 7's replication features. Follow case studies to learn about the application of data protection best practices in various environments.

Database Recovery (Advances in Database Systems) (Hardcover)

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Database Recovery presents an in-depth discussion on all aspects of database recovery. Firstly, it introduces the topic informally to set the intuitive understanding, and then presents a formal treatment of recovery mechanism. In the past, recovery has been treated merely as a mechanism which is implemented on an ad-hoc basis. This book elevates the recovery from a mechanism to a concept, and presents its essential properties. A book on recovery is incomplete if it does not present how recovery is practiced in commercial systems. This book, therefore, presents a detailed description of recovery mechanisms as implemented on Informix, OpenIngres, Oracle, and Sybase commercial database systems. Database Recovery is suitable as a textbook for a graduate-level course on database recovery, as a secondary text for a graduate-level course on database systems, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.

OCP: Oracle8i DBA Architecture & Administration and Backup & Recovery Study Guide (Hardcover)

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OCP is Oracle's certification program for database administrators, application developers, and financial consultants.

The DBA (database administrator) track is the most popular, with more than 8,000 DBAs being certified each year. Sybex's OCP DBA Study Guides provide complete coverage of exam objectives for the five exams in the DBA track: SQL and PL/SQL, Database Administration, Backup & Recovery, Performance Tuning, and Network Administration. The books are fully up-to-date for Oracle8i and include all the new features of Sybex's best-selling Study Guides. The companion CDs contain exclusive self-testing software.

The DBO (database operator) exam is a new offering from Oracle, which prepares students for the full DBA track. It is fully supported by Oracle's partners: Sun, Novell, Compaq, and HP. Sybex's Study Guide provides complete coverage of the exam objectives and includes a companion CD with exclusive self-testing software. Author Lance Mortensen is the author of many best-selling MCSE Study Guides.

Recovery in Parallel Database Systems (Paperback)

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The relational DBMS technology is a success in the commercial market. This success has led to the use of DBMS technology in application environments requesting their traditional virtues but at the same time adding new requirements such as: Very high transaction rates, real-time transaction response, and continuous availability. New multi-processor hardware architectures lay the foundation making it possible to meet these requirements. This book presents and analysis in a systematic way the main recovery approaches for centralized DBMSs developed over the last two decades, in particular to how well they fulfill the requirements for availability and soft real-time response. The analysis relates specifically to approaches used in current commercial and research systems. The element in particular lacking in the current methods is the ability to on-line re-establish the fault tolerance level automatically and without blocking. A set of novel recovery methods for parallel DBM's based on multi-computer shared nothing hardware is presented. The recovery methods are intended to support: Continuously available transaction services, very high transaction loads, and soft real-time transaction response.

About the Author
Dr.-Ing. Svein-Olaf Hvasshovd, born 1954 in Kongsberg, Norway, is working as Research Scientist in Trondheim, Norway.

System i Disaster Recovery Planning [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Mapping out all the preparations necessary for an effective disaster recovery plan and its safeguard—a continuous maintenance program—this guide is aimed at IT managers of small and medium businesses. The opening section covers the initial steps of auditing vulnerability, ranking essential IT functions, and reviewing the storage of tape backups, with the following discussion focused on the elements of the plan itself. The plan includes a mission statement, a definition of disaster, the assignment of staff to teams, methods of compensating for human error, and standards for documenting the steps of recovery. The final portion of the guide covers the all-important initial testing of the system as well as the proper maintenance thereafter and weighs in on the pros and cons of using outside vendors for recovery systems.

About the Author

Richard Dolewski is a certified systems integration specialist and disaster recovery planner. He has extensive experience in Server Enterprise Availability, Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), High Availability, and Backup and Recovery program design. Richard has supported 18 computer room disasters and conducted over 200 disaster recovery tests. He is an award-winning speaker at technical conferences including IBM, COMMON, IBM Europe, IT Executive events, Quest, NEMA, and local user groups. Richard has held positions as subject matter expert at IBM and COMMON, a member of the Advisory Committee for IBM Business Resiliency, and president of local user groups. He also regularly contributes to several technical newsletters. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

The Dual Disorders Recovery Book (Paperback)

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thousands of individuals suffer from a combination of psychiatric illness and chemical dependency known as dual disorders. the dual disorders recovery book helps individuals with dual disorders develop a plan for daily living. personal stories and professional insights create a framework for successful daily living.

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Anonymous Anonymous is a contributor for the following Hazelden Title: Touchstones

Disaster Recovery Planning: For Computers and Communication Resouces (Paperback)

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Information Technology

Everything you need to know to avoid costly down time and get your systems back online in no time.

Don't wait for disaster to strike to find out how vulnerable your systems are. Your company's very survival could depend on how quickly you restore your computer and communications systems following a disaster. In this down-to-earth, nuts-and-bolts guide, expert Jon Toigo tells you what you need to do to prevent many disasters from happening and how to minimize the impact of those that cannot be avoided.

Jon Toigo examines the many causes of computer system failures and gives you proven, logical, easy-to-follow steps you can take to avoid them. A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to disaster recovery, from planning concept to execution, Disaster Recovery Planning:

• Covers the recovery requirements of mainframes as well as personal computers, LANs, WANs, departmental processors, and communications systems
• Provides a detailed analysis of disaster avoidance systems that can prevent network down time from occurring
• Explores the politics of disaster recovery planning, with tips on how to work with management to get the funding you need
• Comes with a disk containing all the forms you need to quickly develop your own disaster recovery plan

Don't wait for disaster to strike. Do something now.

Get your hands on this book and find out how to be prepared for the worst.

From the Publisher
This book examines the causes of computer systems failures and explains how to create a disaster recovery plan that will help business to avoid many disasters and minimize the impact of disasters that cannot be avoided. It incorporates the recovery requirements of new technologies, including PCs, LANs, departmental processors and communications systems. It provides a detailed analysis of disaster avoidance systems that can prevent some disasters from occurring. It covers the politics of disaster recovery planning from selling management and securing the cooperation of departmental managers to negotiating effective contracts with vendors of disaster recovery products and services.