Chapter 5. Backing Up and Restoring Your Bastion Host
Backups are a very important part of any computer operation. Don’t neglect them! This chapter discusses the special procedures to follow when backing up a bastion host. It also provides an introduction to the built-in backup software in Windows NT and Windows 2000.
Defining Your Backup Policy
Your organization probably already has a backup policy in place that defines how backups and restores should be handled. Such a backup policy should at least contain answers to the following questions:
Who is responsible for making backups of your data?
How often should backups be performed?
Where should the backup media be stored?
Who is authorized to restore data to a system?
If you already have a general backup policy for your site, you must decide whether it fits the needs of the bastion hosts in the perimeter network. If the general policy doesn’t fit, you need to define a special backup policy for the systems in the perimeter network.
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