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19. Backup and Restore

Kenneth Hitchcock1  
(1)
Hampshire, UK
 

The final chapter of this book is a sweet and short discussion around system backups. Most large organizations have a good idea on how to back up their environments, and chances are that you will most likely use what is in place. However, if you ever are stuck with having to plan and design a backup strategy, there are a few basic considerations you should bear in mind.

In this chapter, we will look at backup methods that can be used to back up Linux systems. We will look at what on the Linux filesystem should ...

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