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# system backup best practice — Database Administrator

As a Database Administrator, 'system backup best practice' isn’t just *doing* backups; it's architecting a recovery strategy tailored to the database(s) you manage and the Recovery Time Objective (RTO)/Recovery Point Objective (RPO) dictated by the business. Daily tasks involve configuring and monitoring backup jobs – full, differential, incremental, transaction log backups depending on the database type (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.). You'll use tools like RMAN (Oracle), `pg_dump`/`pg_basebackup` (PostgreSQL), native SQL Server Management Studio features, or third-party solutions like Veeam or Commvault.  Crucially, it’s about *verifying* those backups regularly – restoring to a test environment isn't optional, it's proof of recoverability.

## Weitere Anreicherung

Stage-2 source for future practitioner grounding: arXiv cs.SE (software-engineering preprints).
