Linux Intermediate About 30 min +215 XP

Database Backup Archive Is Missing

The nightly orders database backup exits successfully but leaves nothing in /backups.

Briefing

This morning the restore rehearsal went looking for the orders database archive and found an empty directory.

The job's exit status is clean and its schedule unchanged, so the first suspicion is that something deletes archives after they are written.

The fix is yours to find: hints, the recovery checks and the debrief unlock inside the incident.

How it plays

  1. 01

    Get paged

    The alert fires and the clock starts. Read the page and the briefing.

  2. 02

    Investigate

    Work in a simulated shell with realistic output: logs, configs, services.

  3. 03

    Fix it

    Change the system the way you would in production. Hints are there if you get stuck.

  4. 04

    Prove it

    Automated checks verify the recovery, then the debrief explains what happened.

Your pager is ready.

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