Activity 7:
Backup/Restore
Amaba, Marcus Albert M. January 22, 2018
CPE42FB1 Engr. Ariel Isidro
Objectives:
1. To understand the concept of backup and restore
2. To install and configure a backup system
3. To test the backup via test restoration
4. To determine the best possible strategy for backup
5. To schedule unattended backup procedure
Procedures:
1. First of all, you will need an additional disk fro your backup. Go to the machine’s
Settings > Storage. You will see an ‘add hard disk’ button, click it.
2. Once logged in, go to the Server Manager to install Backup feature. Go to Server
Manager > Add Features > Windows Server Backup Features. Click Next then install.
3. This shows the completed installation of the Backup feature.
4. Next is you need to go to Administrative tools > Computer Management then choose
Storage.
5. Go in the Disk Management then right click through Disk 2 then select New Simple
Volume.
6. These screenshots display the partitioning wizard. It allows you to create a new disk
for your Backup.
7. To start the backing up in MS Server, go to Windows Server Backup.
8. Once you are in, Go to Action > Backup Once. You will be shown the Backup Wizard.
Click next to proceed.
9. Next, select the Custom radio button. This is important because you need to change
some of the settings.
10. Select the disk you want to backup.
11. Select VSS Full Backup just in case I don't have any backup servers in the computer.
12. This screenshot shows the summary of the custom settings you have made in
creating your backup. Click backup to start the process.
13. This shows the successful back up of the hard disk.
14. Select the backup you want to use for recovery.
15. This screenshot shows which files you want to recover. Select the files and folder to
browse the volumes for the recovery.
16. Choose the desired location on where the recovered files will be placed.
17. Confirm the recovery.
18. This screenshot shows the successful recovery of the files backed up earlier.
Using rsync and tar in Ubuntu to Backup
1. This screenshot shows on how to create partitions in the Ubuntu server.
2. This screenshot shows the making of file system for the hard disk.
3. This shows the adding of mounting point for the newly partitioned disk.
4. This screenshots show on how to backup files using rsync. The backup has been
successful.
5. This screenshot shows the success of using the command tar.
Observation
Configuring a backup server and an Ubuntu server is a new sight for me. In MS
Server and Ubuntu, the way on how to backup a hard disk is so much different. In MS
Server, you use a lot of help from the Graphical User Interface but in an Ubuntu server,
it is much more of do it yourself job.
Recommendation
I recommend to do each task separately from other tasks. Things will be quite
confusing if you try to do all the tasks simultaneously. Also, virtual machines, when
opened together, consumes a lot of memory and makes your computer slow. So if you
want to finish it ahead of time, I recommend to focus on working with a single Virtual
machine. I also recommend to remember all the commands in partitioning disks as it
will really be useful in future situations.
Conclusion
In this activity, I found out that Ubuntu Server is more complex in terms of
Backing Up than Windows Server. Commands like rsync and tar can not be used by just
typing it down. Some configurations must be made first in order to set up the disk where
you will back up the files. In this activity, I also learned how to back up and restore in
MS Server. The procedures are simple since you will be guided by an installation
wizard.
Lessons Learned
In this activity, I learned few lessons. First of all, I learned how to back up and
restore in MS Server. This skill will be useful in the future as oftentimes System Admins
will be doing backups regularly. This will also play a vital role in a company to
safeguard files from deletion. Another thing I have learrned is backing up using rsync.
The commands you will be using must be remembered as it will also be useful in future
situations. The same thing with the tar command, this will be useful in future
situatations.
