Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page back cover 2nd para, 2nd line |
Arguable/nitpick: the back cover: says "...this book presents several solutions..." but, what solutions, where? I'd argue it goes out of its way NOT to present solutions, but instead discusses the issues. |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Page page 264 "You Don't Need More Tape Drives!" last paragraph, line 3 |
But short of switching to disk as your initial source for backups, |
Yuri | Aug 31, 2023 | |
| Page page 319 "Analysis" line 12 |
Windows-centric post |
Yuri | Aug 31, 2023 | |
| Printed | Page 5 Just above the tip |
"is stored somewhere" is missing the trailing word "else." |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Printed | Page 7 5th para |
"...have been a problem for a while. This is partly because...attacks where limited..." That does not make sense and seems to be missing something in the middle. They have bee a a problem for a while: "but now they are getting a lot worse because...?" |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Printed | Page 12 3rd para, 2nd to last sent |
"prevent loss of data better due to a failed disk" is very awkward. Should that say "to better prevent loss of data in the case of a failed disk?" |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Printed | Page 100 99-100 |
That all makes my head hurt. I think it needs a summary table. |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Printed | Page 120 1st para, last sent |
Nitpick: I'd argue that vSphere is NOT a hypervisor. I'd argue vSphere a platform, and ESXi is the hypervisor component of that. |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Printed | Page 161 middle |
The EBS snapshot discussion should in the index with "snapshots" |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Printed | Page 227 tip |
It says "I covered in ch1 that paying the ransom is a bad idea." Where? Ransomware is discussed on page 7, and the discussion may imply that paying the ransom is bad, but I don't see an explicit argument against it. |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Printed | Page 240 1st para, last 2 sents |
In "when every VM is the same batch" is should change to gets |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Printed | Page 273 3rd para |
In "to share then a" then should be than |
JP Vossen | Nov 06, 2021 |
| Page 335 "Responding to the Cloud" line 3 |
"on-premises(SaaS）" should be "on-premises software running in THEIR VM (SaaS)." (THEIR in italics) |
Yuri | Aug 31, 2023 |