(From Analysis of the System Administrator Occupation Copyright © 2000 by SAGE, The System Administrators Guild.)
14. Devise system administration scheme and plans to mitigate common system failures, disasters, or emergencies (e.g., file corruption, hardware failures, power surges, fire, theft).
15. Prepare/maintain backup media tracking system (e.g., tapes, CD ROM, floppy disks).
16. Backup necessary system files on appropriate device/media (e.g., magnetic tape, disks).
17. Restore files and system from backup device/media.
18. Reinstall/repair operating system (e.g., corrupt kernel image, volume header).
19. Maintain/reinitialize or repair disk drives.
20. Verify/ensure integrity of backups.