Notes on Backups

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Notes on Backups
a look at priorities and simple backup
methods

• Presented by Dave Mawdsley,
• DACS Member, Linux SIG Member

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Personal ComputingWhat to Backup
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• Personal Computer Files (Hopefully saved to 'My
  Documents', 'Documents' or 'Desktop'
  
• E-mail (Folders Contacts) -- not necessary if
  you use only web-based e-mailthough backup your
  contact lists.)
  
  
• Regular Documents, Spreadsheets and Database
  Collections
  
• Encrypted Documents Folders
  
• Passwords Encryption Keys (Windows, Email
  Logins, etc.)
  
  
• Photos, Music and Videos - to Separate Storage
  Media

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Business Computing Most Critical to Backup
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• Think Disaster Recovery
  Accounting/Bookkeeping
  Files
  Banking , Credit Card and Loan
  Information
  Customer, Employee, Vendor Contacts, Contracts
  Faxes Database Archive (recent enough to be
  useful) Encryption Key
  Records (Private Public Keys)
  Passwords Login Information all
  categories of use Router/Server/Networ
  k Configurations
  Tax Records for the Current Period or Year

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Backup Hardware Options
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• USB Memory Keys (rotate at least 2 with always
  one in the safe-deposit box) (2 GB or greater)
  
  
• USB Western Digital External Hard Drives (for
  photos, music and videos) (500 GB or greater)
  
  
• Server configured for File Server operations
  (more probable in a business environment)?

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Windows Password Synchronization Software
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• Software Simple, Effective and Inexpensive
  
  
• Backup Synchronizaton Utility - Save-N-Sync 3.0
  (one-click synchronization from a desktop icon)
  Download from Brothersoft.com
  
  http//www.brothersoft.com/save-n-sync-download-12
  739.html
  
  
• Password Manager - Any Password from Roman Labs
  Download from CNET.com
  http//download.cnet.com/AnyPassword/300
  0-18501_4-54506.html

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Save-N-Sync 3.0 Window
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Any Password Window
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Linux Synchronization Password Software
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• Backup Synchronizaton Utility -
  Grsync (download
  from the official repositories)
  Applications Add/Remove (find and install
  Grsync)
• Password Manager -
  
  First create a folder 'Passwords'.
  Next inside
  'Passwords' make a text file listing of your
  passwords. Finally encrypt the folder using PGP.
  
  
  
  
  or
  
  
  
  First install Virtualbox and then install Windows
  XP inside it. Then inside Windows install Any
  Password from Roman Labs.
  or in the native Linux environment
  Install a password
  manager - Revelation Password Manager.

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Revelation Password Manager screenshot
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Grsync Window
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Notes on Backups
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a look at priorities and simple backup methods

• This OpenOffice.org Presentation'backups.odp'
• or
• Microsoft PowerPoint Show 'backups.ppt' can be
  downloaded from
• http//madmod.com/freebies.html