Index

B

back door daemon, 242, 247

backing up system directories, 113

backup

backup agent method, 115

centralized, 109

examples, 122

interface, 111

LAN-free, 109

levels, 104, 117

management, 109

media types, 106

multiserver, 106

network, 109

related resources, 136

SAN (Storage Area Network), 109

server, 109, 121

strategy, 112

tools, 118

types, 99

backup agent method, 115

backup examples

tar with runlevel 4, scripting, 122

using dump, 125, 129

using tar, 122, 124

backup hardware. See backup media types

backup interface, dedicated, 111

backup levels

level 0, 104

level 1, 104

levels 2-9, 104

runlevel 4, 117

backup management, centralized, 109

backup media tips

dedicated backup interface, 111

IDE/ATAPI tape drives, 110

SCSI tape drives, 110, 111

tape drive cleaning, 111

tape drive error flash codes, 111

backup media types

comparison, 108

medium- to large-scale backup, 109

network backups, 109

small-to-medium, 108

backup server

centralized, 121

multiserver, 106

use of, 106

backup strategy

backup hardware tips, 110

backup media types, 106

backup processes and policies, 112

data to be backed up, 112

for databases, 115

for Linux system, 114

for operating system (OS), 113

level-based backups, 103

off-site storage, 112

overview, 103

retention times, 112

shutting off services, 117

system config files for total system backup, 114

tape drives setting, 116

tape rotation aspects, 112

TOH (Tower of Hanoi) backup, 104

backup tools

Amanda client/server, 120

dump/restore programs, 119

find command, use of, 121

mt command, use of, 121

Star, 119

tar, 119

backup types

differential, 102, 103

full, 100

incremental, 101, 103

baseline, RPM, 249

bash shell tuning, 144

bash shell, 143, 253

benchmarking tools

Apache Benchmark, 450, 452

baselining, 452

bottleneck testing, 452

website hammering, 452

Berkeley Internet Name Domain. See BIND

binaries, 245, 255

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain)

DNS server reinstalling, 114

DNS server, 311, 317

installing, 315

resources, 338

BIND/DNS servers, 311

BIND9

bug, 333

name server, 318

resources, 339

troubleshooting, 316, 334

BIND9 directory structure

chroot mode, 316

configuring, 316

BIND9 DNS server

master, 316

slave, 328

BIND9 running

in chroot mode, 332

ps command, use of, 333

BIND9 security

access control lists, 331

DNSSEC, 331

RNDC and TSIG, 331

settings, 331

Split DNS, 331

transaction signatures, 331

BIOS set up, 88

BIOS, 66

bonnie

command, 226

tool, 226

bonnie testing activities

busy system, 226

data blocks reading and writing programs, 226

database applications, 226

single characters reading and writing programs, 226

boot CD creating

easy way, 91

not-so-easy way, 92

boot disk for Linux installation, 22

boot floppies, customized

creating, 88

customization information, 94

boot floppies, Red Hat, 85

boot loader

GRUB, 159

GRUB, 21, 35, 159

LILO, 21

boot media

for installing kickstart, 85

isolinux, 66, 89, 92, 93

syslinux, 66, 95, 97

boot prompt troubleshooting

kernel installation options, trying, 31

overview, 29

Red Hat installation, trying, 30

boot server DHCP/BOOTP, 66

Bourne shell (sh), 144

Bugzilla facility for

countering Linux installation failures, 27

fixing bugs, 16

reporting bugs, 15

searching bugs, 15

burning errors, CD, 91

BusyBox, 253