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You need to automatically back up the server farm every day

You have a SharePoint Server 2010 server farm. You need to automatically back up the server farm
every day. What should you do?

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A.
From Central Administration, configure the backup settings.

B.
From Central Administration, configure the Backup/Restore timer job definition.

C.
From Windows Task Scheduler, create a task that runs stsadm.exe.

D.
From Windows Task Scheduler, create a task that runs the set-sptimerjob cmdlet.

Explanation:

stsadm.exe is supposed to be deprecated in SharePoint 2010 in favor of using PowerShell cmdlets.
The answer choice should probably be:
From Windows Task Scheduler, create a task that runs the backup-spfarm cmdlet.
SharePoint 2010: STSADM And PowerShell
http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2009/10/sharepoint-2010-stsadm-and-powershell/
Back up a farm (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428295.aspx
Automate SharePoint 2010 Farm Backups with Powershell
http://imperfectit.blogspot.com/2010/03/automate-sharepoint-2010-farm-backups.html


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