Backup & Recovery Brick

Univ. of Hawaii - ITS Technical Architecture - Brick

Backup & Recovery

Primary Architect: Steven Sakata

Description:

This brick describes the technologies that we use to backup and recover ITS systems and files.

Experimental

Strategic (3-5 Years)

Tactical (1-2 Years)

Containment

Retirement

Notes

4/29/15 - DBAs have determined that they have no plans on using the backup agents. They will continue to perform DB backups to local file systems (and these file systems get backed up).
snapshots are currently used as temporary backups (i.e., usually during maintenances), or to get a point-in-time image that gets backed up.
We need to get the DBAs involved to provide their input on what tools they use to backup the databases.
Synthesized backups are essential for staying within a backup window for a large file system.
Deduplication helps minimize the amount of space needed on the backup server.
We currently have our backups at DR Fortress. Is there a need to have a copy out of state?
We need to decide how to depict snapshotting. What role

Emerging Trends

Change History

Definitions

Experimental	Someone in ITS is currently investigating or experimenting with this technology.
Strategic	ITS will be investing in this technology for 3-5 years.
Tactical	ITS will be investing in this technology for 1-2 years.
Containment	ITS will continue to use this technology for existing systems, but will no longer invest in this technology and/or grow its use.
Retirement	ITS has a firm plan (and timeline) to retire this technology.