9.11. Exercises

E9.1

Investigate the backup procedure used at your site. Which machine(s) perform the backups? What type of storage devices are used? Where are tapes stored? Suggest improvements to the current system.

E9.2

What steps are needed to restore files on a system that uses Bacula? How do you find the right tape?

image E9.3

Given the following output from df and /etc/dumpdates, identify the steps needed to perform the three restores requested. Enumerate your assumptions. Assume that the date of the restore request is January 18.

df output from the machine khaya.cs.colorado.edu:

/dev/hda8        256194    81103    161863   33%  / ...

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