Security+ SY0-701 · Resilience & Recovery

Back Up a Domain Controller's System State

You're the systems administrator at Meridian Outfitters. Protect Active Directory on the domain controller MER-DC02 by scheduling a recurring System State backup and running one immediate backup. Work entirely in the simulated console below.

Objective 3.4.8 — Backups
Sentinel Backup Console Connected: MER-DC02 · meridian-outfitters.local

Scheduled backup

Not configured
No backup schedule exists. Create one from the actions on the right.

Latest backup

None
No backups have run on this server yet.

Lab tasks

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  • Create a daily backup schedule for MER-DC02
  • Set the schedule to run once per day at 02:30
  • Include System State in the scheduled backup
  • Send the schedule to \\MER-VAULT01\StateBackups
  • Run an immediate backup of System State and the C: volume
  • Send the immediate backup to the same network share

Knowledge check

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1. On MER-DC02, which backup item must be captured so Active Directory can be rebuilt after a failure?

2. The only copy of these backups lives on \\MER-VAULT01 inside Meridian's main building. What recovery weakness remains?

3. Running this schedule once every 24 hours sets an effective recovery point objective (RPO) of roughly:

Keeps personal info out of the system. Your instructor maps it to you separately.

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