Software Appliance Backup Feature

This backup feature save all important information which allow a restoration of the system with the complete configuration.

Prerequesites :
Step 1 :
Activate the backup feature, then the backup is done in a regular basis (defined during the backup configuration). Be careful to export this backup.
Step 2 :
Move the generated backup to external devices.
In case of failure :
Step 1 : Reinstall Nodeum from scratch in using the last Ansible packages
Step 2 : Copy the generated backup into a folder in Nodeum server.
Step 3 : Restore the backup in using the appropriated procedure.
Step 4 : The server is now back online.

Definition of the solution

The Backup includes all of these components :

Components	Description
All databases	This includes SQL and NoSQL information : file catalog, metadata, task execution history.
S3 - Swift API Keys	Authentification Key Credentials of S3 and Swift storage provider.
Data enrichment API Keys	Authentification Key Credentials of Machine Learning provider.
Tasks execution log reports	History of each files processed per task.
Licence Key	Nodeum Encrypted License Key

Configuration

There are two different types of backup available :

Type	Definition
Full Backup	Backup everything every time
Incremental Backup	Backup only the difference since the last backup

A full backup is recommended to be executed once a week, others can be in incremental mode.

Different scheduling options are available :

Option	Definition	Comments
Timezone	The schedule can be defined based on a different timezone	Defined by default, it will be current system timezone
Recurrence	Once	Defined by default , there is no recurrence selected
	Every	Minute - Day - Month - Year
	Expands	Expand the scope of the recurrence
	Count Option	Number of backup

How to schedule a backup ?

Go into settings / backup Menu

Click on the + button
Then complete the form, here is an example:

Save the form

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Settings

Primary Storage

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