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Linux System Administration: Backup and Recovery with rsync and tar

In this lab, you'll practice configuring a system backup, a full backup, and an incremental backup. When you're finished, you'll have the knowledge and hands-on experience to enable organizations to have a backup strategy for their servers and be prepared for the disaster.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Jul 30, 2025
Duration
50m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Use tar Utility to Configure Full System Backup

    You'll configure a full system backup for the CarvedRock Fitness application server using the tar utility.

  3. Challenge

    Use Rsync Utility to Create Full and Incremental Backup

    In this challenge, you will configure a full and incremental backup for the TechFlow application directory using the Rsync utility.

  4. Challenge

    Use Rsync Utility to Restore Files From Backup

    In this challenge, you will use the rsync utility to restore a deleted file and an older version of the another file to it's original location.

  5. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

About the author

A DevOps Engineer by profession, passionate about technologies, Uzair Ansari has expertise in Windows PowerShell, Windows Active Directory, public key infrastructure and Windows Servers. He likes to learn and share his knowledge with others.

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