206 System Maintenance

206.1 Make and install programs from source

Weight 4

Candidates should be able to build and install an executable program from source. This objective includes being able to unpack a file of sources.

Key Knowledge Areas

   * Unpack source code using common compression and archive utilities.
   * Understand basics of invoking make to compile programs.
   * Apply parameters to a configure script.
   * Know where sources are stored by default. 

206.2 Backup operations

Weight 3

Candidates should be able to use system tools to back up important system data.

Key Knowledge Areas

   * Knowledge about directories that have to be include in backups
   * Awareness of network backup solutions such as Amanda, Bacula and BackupPC?
   * Knowledge of the benefits and drawbacks of tapes, CDR, disk or other backup media
   * Perform partial and manual backups.
   * Verify the integrity of backup files.
   * Partially or fully restore backups.