Implement Basic Disaster Prevention and Recovery Methods

Introduction

Welcome to the Implement Basic Disaster Prevention and Recovery Methods Practice Lab. In this module you will be provided with the instructions and devices needed to develop your hands-on skills.

Learning Outcomes

In this module, you will complete the following exercises:

• Exercise 1 - Performing System Backup
• Exercise 2 - Creating Backup on the Cloud Storage
• Exercise 3 - Performing an Online Account Recovery
• Exercise 4 - Learning About a UPS
• Exercise 5 - Learn about a Surge Protector
• Exercise 6 - Dealing with Difficult Customers or Situations

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Perform Image-Level Backup
• Use Cloud Storage for Backup
• Perform an Online Account Recovery
• Know about UPS
• Know about Surge Protectors
• Deal with Difficult Customers or Situations

Exam Objectives

The following exam objectives is covered in this lab:

• 220-1002: 4.3 Given a scenario, implement basic disaster prevention and recovery methods

Lab Duration

It will take approximately 1 hour to complete this lab.

Exercise 1- Performing System Backup

Backup data makes data available for restoration and recovery. Therefore, it is recommended to have a policy to backup the system on a regular basis.

The backup file is normally stored in an external storage device.

There are different types of backup, such as image-level and file-level.

• Image-level - Creates an image of your system
• File-level - Creates a copy of all the files at a location

Windows offers data backup feature to perform both types of backups.

In this exercise, you will learn to perform an image-level backup.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Perform Image Level Backup

Exercise 2 - Creating Backup on the Cloud Storage

Backups are created using multiple methods. Two of the methods are:

• Creating a backup copy on the local machine
• Creating a backup copy on the cloud drive

Local storage backup is storing a backup copy on the local machine. A local backup copy will be lost if the local machine is completely damaged. Along with the data, the backup copy could get lost. A cloud backup is a safer option because the backup copy is far away from your local system. In case, all the data on the local machine is lost, the copy on the cloud still would remain available. The cloud copy can be replicated in the shortest time possible depending on the amount of data in the backup.

In this exercise, you will use Microsoft OneDrive to back up files in the cloud.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Create backup on the cloud storage

Exercise 3 - Performing an Online Account Recovery

A user account has some information such as associated username, password, contact number. In case this information is lost, it becomes impossible to access the account contents. Account recovery options are useful for regaining lost access. Each cloud service provider offers one or more methods to recover your account.

In this exercise, you will recover your Microsoft Live account.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Perform an online account recovery

Exercise 4 - Learn About a UPS

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Describe the purpose of a UPS

Exercise 5 - Learn About a Surge Protector

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Describe the function a Surge Protector

Exercise 6 - Dealing with Difficult Customers or Situations

As an IT support professional, you will come across several difficult customers. These customers, who can be internal to an organization or external depending on the nature of your job, can be difficult to handle. In most cases, these customers are angry because they did not find your service as they had expected. When dealing with such customers, there are different methods you can try. A difficult customer can be of many types, such as:

• Angry
• Intimidating
• Demanding
• Indecisive

In this exercise, you will learn about dealing with difficult customers or situations.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Deal with difficult customers or situations