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SK0-003 · Question #786

A technician backs up the data on a server with a full backup on Sunday night. On Monday through Friday night, a different type of backup is run on the server. A file needs to be restored Saturday mor

The correct answer is B. Incremental. If restoring a file requires the last full backup and all subsequent daily backup tapes, the daily backups must be incremental backups.

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Question

A technician backs up the data on a server with a full backup on Sunday night. On Monday through Friday night, a different type of backup is run on the server. A file needs to be restored Saturday morning. If the technician needs all tapes for the week (Sunday-Friday) to restore the file, which of the following describes the type of backup performed Monday-Friday night?

Options

  • ADaily
  • BIncremental
  • CFull
  • DDifferential

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    17% (5)
  • B
    72% (21)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    7% (2)

Why each option

If restoring a file requires the last full backup and all subsequent daily backup tapes, the daily backups must be incremental backups.

ADaily

"Daily" describes the frequency of the backup, not the type of backup that requires all previous tapes for a full restore.

BIncrementalCorrect

Incremental backups only back up data that has changed since the last full or incremental backup. To restore a system, you need the last full backup and all subsequent incremental backups, which matches the scenario where all tapes from Sunday (full) through Friday (incremental) are needed.

CFull

A full backup backs up all selected data, and if run daily, would not require the previous full backup plus all subsequent tapes for a single file restore; only the latest full backup would be needed.

DDifferential

A differential backup backs up all data that has changed since the last full backup; to restore, you would need the last full backup and only the latest differential backup, not all daily differential tapes.

Concept tested: Backup types - Incremental backup

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/windows-server-backup/what-is-windows-server-backup

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#incremental backup#full backup#backup types#data restore

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