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Creating and Restoring a Linux EC2 Snapshot
For this lab, you have been tasked to test a client's backup and restore capabilities within their AWS test environment. Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to create a new EBS snapshot, create an EBS volume from a snapshot, attach the new volume to an EC2 instance, and restore data from it.
Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Create a Snapshot
Create a snapshot of the existing volume attached to the instance.
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Challenge
Create a New Volume
Create a new EBS volume from the newly created snapshot.
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Challenge
Remove the Important File
Remove the important file from the
/mntdirectory. -
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Restore the Important File
Attach the new volume to the EC2 instance, mount the volume to
/new_vol, and restore the important file.
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