LPI Linux Certification/Backup Operations

Detailed Objective

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Description:
Candidates should be able to create an offsite backup storage plan.

• Key knowledge area(s):
  • Backup strategies
  • Knowlegde about directories that have to be include in backups
  • Assets and drawbacks of tapes, CDR or other backup media

• The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
  • /bin/sh
  • /bin/tar

further reading

• LPI Linux Certification/Maintain An Effective Data Backup Strategy
• Minimizing hard disk drive failure and data loss