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Detailed Objective (206.2)

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(LPIC-2 Version 4.5)


Weight: 3


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


Key Knowledge Areas:

  • Knowlegde 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


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