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authorLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2014-02-02 15:58:51 +0100
committerLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2014-02-02 15:58:51 +0100
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Manual outline updates
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-rw-r--r--manual/060-backing-up.mdwn3
-rw-r--r--manual/090-verifiying.mdwn5
-rw-r--r--manual/130-case-studies.mdwn3
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diff --git a/manual/020-concepts.mdwn b/manual/020-concepts.mdwn
index 36809e15..b871cf8a 100644
--- a/manual/020-concepts.mdwn
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@@ -7,6 +7,29 @@ what kinds of things you should think about when setting up backups
and what to do in the long term (verification, etc). It also discusses
some assumptions Obnam makes and some constraints it imposes.
+Backup concepts
+---------------
+
+This section covers core concepts in backups: live data, precious
+data, backups, restores, generations, restores, verification.
+And more from <http://blog.liw.fi/posts/backups-1/> and
+<http://blog.liw.fi/posts/backups-2/>.
+
+Backup strategies
+-----------------
+
+This section discusses things that should be considered when defining
+a backup strategy. It includes risk analysis, risk vs cost balancing,
+etc. More from <http://blog.liw.fi/posts/backups-3/> and
+<http://blog.liw.fi/posts/backups-4/>.
+
+Backup storage media considerations
+-----------------------------------
+
+This section discusses possibilities for backup storage media, and
+their various characteristics, and how to choose the suitable one
+for oneself.
+
Glossary
--------
diff --git a/manual/060-backing-up.mdwn b/manual/060-backing-up.mdwn
index 9c0f6507..df695e6c 100644
--- a/manual/060-backing-up.mdwn
+++ b/manual/060-backing-up.mdwn
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Backing up
This chapter discusses how to set up a backup repository, and running
your backup for the first time, plus how to do incremental backups. It
also shows how to look at the backups you've made so you have some
-confidence the backups happened.
+confidence the backups happened. Also,
+<http://blog.liw.fi/posts/backups-6/> (consistency in backups).
diff --git a/manual/090-verifiying.mdwn b/manual/090-verifiying.mdwn
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Verifying backups
+=================
+
+This chapter discusses why and how to verify that your backups work.
+More from <http://blog.liw.fi/posts/backups-5/>.
diff --git a/manual/130-case-studies.mdwn b/manual/130-case-studies.mdwn
index 05f90bf6..90560aaf 100644
--- a/manual/130-case-studies.mdwn
+++ b/manual/130-case-studies.mdwn
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ choices of backup strategy, storage, etc. Some case studies:
* A small company with a number of laptops and desktops, a local file
server, a rented co-lo server, backing up to a rented server in a
co-lo and to a rotated set of large USB drives.
+* Restoring from a complete disaster, where all local computers and
+ storage media are destroyed, but there is an off-site backup that
+ is intact.