Chapter 13
| 1: | Name four uses for backup technology. |
| A1: | Answer: Disaster protection, historical archiving, system migration, data sharing |
| 2: | What is offline storage? |
| A2: | Answer: Storage that cannot be accessed without an administrator's making it available |
| 3: | What does backup metadata do? |
| A3: | Answer: It keeps data about backup operations and tapes. |
| 4: | What does tape rotation do? |
| A4: | Answer: It determines which tapes to use and when. |
| 5: | Explain the difference between incremental and differential backups. |
| A5: | Answer: Incremental backups copy data that has changed since the last backup. Differential backups copy data that has changed since the last full backup. |
| 6: | What is hot backup? |
| A6: | Answer: Hot backup operates while the application system is running. |
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