Back up solution in Solaris 10 environment

UNIX Solaris
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Hi Friends,

Good day!

This is my first post in this forum :slight_smile:

 In my company we have a requirement for back up application specific files[.XML,.properties etc] and directories .We have around 40\+ application which needs to be backed up [In Local harddisk/tape/storage].All these applications are running on Solaris 10 enviornment.

Is there any standard procedure [Back up tool or Shell scripting] for back up. Also , how I can control all these back up process in a centralised way.The biggest challenge I am facing is monitoring of these back up jobs[Weekly], like the back up process for all these applications were suceess or not.

Please share your thoughts on this.
I would like to have a suggestion for industry standard tool[Paid or Open source].

Thanks & Regards
Abilash KP

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If you are looking for an OpenSource solution, then you can use Amanda: http://www.amanda.org/
It is available from OpenCSW: http://www.opencsw.org/packages/CSWamanda/ or you can build it from source.

If you are considering commercial products, then Symantec NetBackup and EMC Networker are good solutions.

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A good start would be google with your keywords "unix/solaris backup software".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_backup_software

As far as I remember from my admin times, we used NetBackup.

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Many thanks for your replies
Is it possible to achieve through shell scripts.

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https://www.google.de/\#q=solaris%20backup%20script

Please use a little more effort to google such simple questions for yourself!

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What File system are you using? ufs? zfs?

if zfs there are procedures on Oracle's website to send a zfs snapshot to file.

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The file system we are using is ufs.

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Do look into Symantec NetBackup Solution. Its versatile, highly customizable and effective.
Data Recovery Software | Symantec

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Hi Friends
I tried the back up tool Amanda in a test Solaris machine and its working fine.
But the problem is that we have to upgrade glib for the successfull installation.The glib upgrade, we cannot try out in our existing staging and production enviornment [ It may affect the running application].
Is there any other opensource back up tool [Widely using in industry] ?
Is Bacula is a good option ?

Thanks in advance.