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→Automating Backups (cron)
# Edit your crontab entry to run same command every two minutes, save and exit, and then confirm by viewing '''/tmp/cron.log''' and '''/var/log/cron''' files.
# 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/incremental/vm1''', '''/backup/incremental/vm2''', and '''/backup/incremental/vm3''' every hour and overwrite the previous backup.
'''Record steps, commands, and your observations in INVESTIGATION 2 in your OPS335 lab log-book'''
== COMPLETING THE LAB ==
