Backup Recommendations

Read the following additional recommendations to get the best protection for appliance data:

  • Run daily backups, scheduled for a time when network bandwidth and appliance CPU usage are both at their lowest.
  • When configuring backup for a disaster recovery installation, backing up to a remote location, use SCP due to its better security.
    Warning: The rsync version on the backup server must be higher or equal to the version running on the appliance. Otherwise the backup process fails. To check the rsync version, run the following command: 
    rsync --version
  • Move a copy of the backup snapshot daily to another, more reliable location such as a magnetic tape. For optimal disaster recovery protection, send the copy offsite to a secure data center.
  • The following storage platforms are recommended for use with LogLogic backup:
    Recommended Storage Platforms
    Backup method Storage platform
    NAS CentOS version 6.6
    SCP/SSH OpenSSH_5.3p1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips
    Note: Do not perform backup or restore operations when data migration is in progress.