206.2 - Backup operations

Weight: 3

Description: Candidates should be able to use system tools to back up important system data.

Key Knowledge Areas:

Knowledge about directories that have to be include in backups

Awareness of network backup solutions such as Amanda, Bacula, Bareos and BackupPC

Knowledge of the benefits and drawbacks of tapes, CDR, disk or other backup media

Perform partial and manual backups.

Verify the integrity of backup files.

Partially or fully restore backups.

Terms and Utilities:

/bin/sh

dd

tar

/dev/st* and /dev/nst*

mt

rsync