diff --git a/examples/local/401_backup.sh b/examples/local/401_backup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2019 The Vitess Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# This script takes backups of the 'customer' keyspace and all its shards.
+
+# Load common environment variables and functions
+source ../common/env.sh
+
+# Set keyspace and shard details for the 'customer' keyspace
+KEYSPACE="customer"
+SHARDS=("-80" "80-")
+
+# Helper function for logging messages with timestamps
+log() {
+    echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1"
+}
+
+# Ensure the keyspace and shards are healthy
+log "Ensuring keyspace $KEYSPACE exists and shards are healthy..."
+for SHARD in "${SHARDS[@]}"; do
+    wait_for_healthy_shard $KEYSPACE $SHARD || exit 1
+done
+
+# Backup all shards of the customer keyspace
+for SHARD in "${SHARDS[@]}"; do
+    log "Backing up shard $SHARD in keyspace $KEYSPACE..."
+    vtctldclient BackupShard $KEYSPACE/$SHARD || fail "Backup failed for shard $SHARD"
+done
+
+log "Backup process completed successfully for all shards in $KEYSPACE."
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diff --git a/examples/local/402_list_backup.sh b/examples/local/402_list_backup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Load common environment variables and functions
+source ../common/env.sh  # Import necessary environment variables and functions from a common script
+
+# Set keyspace and shard details for the 'customer' keyspace
+KEYSPACE="customer"  # Define the keyspace to work with
+SHARDS=("-80" "80-")  # Define the shards within the keyspace to list backups for
+
+# Helper function for logging messages with timestamps
+log() {
+    # Print a message with a timestamp
+    echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1"
+}
+
+# List backups for each shard
+for SHARD in "${SHARDS[@]}"; do  # Loop through each shard defined earlier
+    log "Listing available backups for keyspace $KEYSPACE and shard $SHARD..."  # Log the start of the backup listing
+    vtctldclient GetBackups $KEYSPACE/$SHARD || log "Failed to list backups for keyspace $KEYSPACE and shard $SHARD"  # Attempt to list backups; log failure if it occurs
+done
+
+log "Backup listing process completed."  # Log completion of the backup listing process
diff --git a/examples/local/403_restore_from_backup.sh b/examples/local/403_restore_from_backup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2019 The Vitess Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# This script restores the first replica tablet from backups for the 'customer' keyspace.
+
+# Load common environment variables and functions
+source ../common/env.sh  # Import necessary environment variables and functions from a common script
+
+# Set keyspace and shard details for the 'customer' keyspace
+KEYSPACE="customer"  # Define the keyspace to work with
+SHARDS=("-80" "80-")  # Define the shards within the keyspace to restore
+
+# Helper function for logging messages with timestamps
+log() {
+    # Print a message with a timestamp
+    echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1"
+}
+
+# Restore all shards of the customer keyspace from backups
+for SHARD in "${SHARDS[@]}"; do  # Loop through each shard defined earlier
+    log "Finding replica tablets for shard $SHARD..."  # Log the start of the tablet search
+    REPLICA_TABLETS=$(vtctldclient GetTablets --keyspace=$KEYSPACE --shard=$SHARD --tablet-type=replica | awk '{print $1}')  # Fetch replica tablets for the current shard
+    REPLICA_COUNT=$(echo "$REPLICA_TABLETS" | wc -l)  # Count the number of replica tablets found
+
+    if [ "$REPLICA_COUNT" -lt 1 ]; then  # Check if no replica tablets were found
+        log "No replica tablets found for shard $SHARD. Exiting..."  # Log a message and exit if none are found
+        exit 1  # Exit the script with an error code
+    fi
+
+    # Choose the first replica for restoration
+    RESTORE_TABLET=$(echo "$REPLICA_TABLETS" | head -n 1)  # Select the first replica tablet from the list
+    log "Restoring tablet $RESTORE_TABLET from backup for shard $SHARD..."  # Log the restoration action
+    vtctldclient RestoreFromBackup $RESTORE_TABLET || fail "Restore failed for tablet $RESTORE_TABLET"  # Restore from backup and handle any failures
+done
+
+log "Restore process completed successfully for $KEYSPACE."  # Log completion of the restore process