Backup and recovery of IT systems

Module title:

Backup and recovery of IT systems

Module overview:

The objectives of this module is to enable students to:
• acquire the knowledge about backup and replication technologies for physical and virtual infrastructure
• learn about backup and recovery plans and how to integrate them into an existing enterprise environment with co-dependent applications

Students learn backup and replication technologies, both on-site and off-site, by using cloud storage as a remote backup location and the different ways to backup applications and different operating systems (for example, Windows and Linux-based servers).

It is essential that students to take this module as it will enable them to learn about the role of backup and disaster recovery, as backup and disaster recovery are very important aspects of enterprise risk management.

Literature:

Essential reading:
1. Mohn, C. (2014) Learning Veeam Backup and Replication for VMware vSphere, Livery Place, 35 Livery Street, Birmingham B3 2PB, UK, Packt Publishing.
2. [Anon.] (2021) Veeam Backup and Replication, [s.l.], Veeam Software.

Recommended reading:
1. [Anon.] (2021) Veeam Backup and Replication Enterprise Manager, [s.l.], Veeam Software.
2. [Anon.] (2021) Veeam Backup and Replication, User Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V [s.l.], Veeam Software.

Further reading:
1. [Anon.] (2021) Veeam Backup and Replication, User Guide for VMware vSphere [s.l.], Veeam Software.
2. [Anon.] (2021) Veeam Backup and Replication, Veeam Agent Management Guide [s.l.], Veeam Software.