Problem:

Within the Stratos DC, the Nautilus storage server hosts a directory named /data, serving as a repository for various developers non-confidential data. Developer ravi has requested a copy of their data stored in /data/ravi. The System Admin team has provided the following steps to fulfill this request:

a. Create a compressed archive named ravi.tar.gz of the /data/ravi directory.

b. Transfer the archive to the /home directory on the Storage Server.

Please ensure to review the task instructions carefully and modify the commands according to your specific server, username, and other relevant details.

Solution:

1. ssh into the storageserver

2.  cd /data/ravi
   

3. Create gz file using the below command

    sudo tar -czvf ravi.tar.gz /data/ravi
   

   • tar: The command to create and manipulate archive files.

   • -c: Create a new archive.

   • -z: Compress the archive using gzip.

   • -v: Verbosely list files processed.

   • -f: Specify the filename of the archive.

4. Now, we have created a compressed file, Copy the compressed file to the specified location.

    cp ravi.tar.gz /home/
   

Verify:

cd /home
ls -lrt

You should see the archive file here in under /home directory

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