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# Perform a Net-search to see how to run a cron for a command for every hour.
# Edit your crontab to '''make automatic backups using the rsync command''' of the '''/etc''' directory from '''vm1''', '''vm2''', and '''vm3''' into '''/backup/vm1''', '''/backup/vm2''', and '''/backup/vm3''' every hour and overwrite the previous backup.
{{Admon/important |Backup your VMs!|You MUST perform a '''full backup''' of ALL of your VMs whenever you complete your '''OPS335 labs''' or when working on your '''OPS335 assignments'''. You should be using the dump command, and you should use the Bash shell script that you were adviced to create in order to backup all of your VMs.}}
'''Record steps, commands, and your observations in INVESTIGATION 2 in your OPS335 lab log-book'''
== COMPLETING THE LAB ==
:::*Issue the following command to download the bash shell script:<br>'''wget http://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~murray.saul/ops335/labcheck_network_backup.sh'''
::::*Assign execute permissions, and run the script to check your work:<br> '''labcheck_network_backup.sh'''::::*'''NOTE:''' When prompted for the network interface, use the '''virtual interface'''.
== EXPLORATION QUESTIONS ==
