07-22-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by
robsonde
this is so true...
sell your skills, any skills.
when I went in for my first job as a unix admin it went a bit like this:
Q. What size company do you work for at the moment?
A. sorry but I am not employed at all right now...
Q. what versions of unix have you used with your last job?
A. just solaris 2.6 on some really old hardware at home.
Q. what have you done at home that makes you at all qualified for this job?!?!
A. well I built my own jumpstart server in VM-ware on windows so I could jumpstart my old sparc server.
then i got mysql running so i could do a perl/CGI website with apache.
Q. did that go well?
A. yep, site has been online for over a year.
Q. how do you backup of this "one old server" ?
A. I have a cron that dumps the CGI and sql database every night, it goes to an offsite backup automatically.
Q. offsite backup? sounds like a lot of cost for someone with out a job?
A. I do things on the cheap, it's just zip file emailed to my gmail account :-)
Boss: looks like you are good at getting the job done with whatever tools you can find, we like that...
we will take you on for 6 months, if you don't screwup too bad then you have a job.
that was 6 years ago...
I am now a unix admin who runs 400 solaris boxes.
You are lucky.
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UKOPP(1) Ukopp man page UKOPP(1)
NAME
Ukopp - copy files to USB stick or other disk or disk-like device
SYNOPSIS
ukopp [ -nogui ] [ -job | -run ] jobfile
DESCRIPTION
Ukopp is a graphical menu-driven program operating in its own
window. Ukopp copies the files and directories specified in the
job file to disk or disk-like media (e.g. USB stick).
OVERVIEW
Ukopp works incrementally: only files that are not already identical
on the target media are copied (new and modified files or files newly
added to the backup job). Files/directories to include or exclude can
be selected from the file system hierarchy, using a GUI navigator.
Specifications are saved in a job file which can be re-edited and/or
executed. Ukopp can be run in batch mode using the -nogui option.
Ukopp can optionally keep old file versions instead of replacing them
with updated versions. The retention time and/or the number of old
versions to keep can be specified for each selected file or directory.
File owners and permissions are retained even if the copy media has a
Microsoft file system.
Summary of functionality:
- Copy files incrementally with optional file version retention.
- Three media verification modes: full, incremental, compare.
- Report disk:backup differences in detail or summary form.
- Select and restore files from backup media or use drag and drop.
OPTIONS
Command line options:
[ -job ] jobfile open job file for editing
[ -nogui ] -run jobfile execute a job file
SEE ALSO
The online user manual is available using the menu Help > contents.
This manual explains Ukopp operation in great detail.
AUTHORS
Written by Michael Cornelison <kornelix2@googlemail.com>
Linux 2010-10-01 UKOPP(1)