Backups
There are two different types of backups within tiCrypt.
The first is called a full backup and this does a complete backup of all the resources. Recovering the resource only requires the information in such a backup.
The second type is an incremental backup that only backs up the delta or the changes since the last backup. All the incremental backups between the recovery point and a checkpoint are required to recover the resources covered by the backup.
Backup Strategies
The Backup Strategies specify what type of resource to back-up and how often.
To create a new backup strategy, click the Create New Backup Strategy button at the top right panel.
Type the following details:
- The name of the backup strategy
- Snapshot/Incremental Interval (in days)
- Checkpoint/Full Interval (in days)
- Select the following strategies:
- Team strategy
- Project strategy
- User strategy
Click .
When choosing the backup strategy you must consider what each of them servers for.
| Action | Notes |
|---|---|
| Team Strategy | For every team in a domain, back up the metadata, and the content of every VM drive associated with the team. |
| Project Strategy 1 | For every project in a domain, backup every Vault file tagged with the project.Back up the Vault of every user who is a member of the specified project |
| Project Strategy 2 | For every project in a domain, backup every Vault group tagged with the project. |
| Project Strategy 3 | For every project in a domain, backup all the VM drives tagged with the project. |
| User Strategy 1 | For every project in a domain, backup all the data and content of all Vault files owned by the user, and their directory tree. |
| User Strategy 2 | For every project in a domain, backup all Vault groups the user is a member of. For each of the groups directory tree will be backed up, along with every file shared with the group, as well as metadata for the group itself. |
| User Strategy 3 | For every project in a domain, backup all the data and content of all VMs owned by the user. |
You may edit or delete strategies by using the options in the top right panel.
Backup Domains
The Backup Domains specify the specific resource to back up together with the backup strategy. All the resources covered by a backup domain are backed up together.
Backup domains are simply collections of users/projects/teams that need to be backed up together.
The backup domains can be set up at the sub-admin level and do not require full admin access. Only resources that the sub-admin has access to can be included in a backup domain. Specifically:
- If a sub-admin manages a team, the team can be added
- If a sub-admin manages a project, the project can be added
- If a user is in a team or a project managed by a sub-admin, the user can be added
To create a new backup domain, click the Create New Backup Domain button at the top right panel.
Type the following details:
- The name of the backup domain
- Select the type of strategy
- Select one of the following server address types:
- None (for no given address)
- SFTP
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- AWS
- Fill in the server address
Click .
To view the backup details for a domain, select the domain and press View Backups as seen below.
on the top right. You will be able to filter the backups by: Files, Projects or Users as seen below.
To do an incremental backup press Snapshot (incremental backup) as seen below, then click .
To do a full backup press Checkpoint (full backup) as seen below, then click .
You may edit or delete domains by using the options in the top right panel.
Backup Objects
The Backup Objects shows all of the objects in the system that are backed up.
Backup: an incremental or full backup of a specific backup domain at a specific point in time.
External Backup Server: server with SFTP connectivity that holds the backup files externally.
Backup Solution: Software running on the external backup server that backs up the files on tapes/cloud. Except for SFTP interface availability, there is no requirement for an external backup server. In particular, any operating system and backup solution can be used.
To create a new backup object, click the Create New Backup Object button at the top right panel.
Type the following details to add object to a backup domain:
- The name of the backup domain
- Object type:
- User
- Team
- Project
- Fill in the details based on the object type
Click .
You can delete individual backups by clicking on the delete button in the top right panel.
Bulk Delete Backup Objects
Users can select multiple backup objects and delete them simultaneously.
Backup Status
The Backup Status only serves the users the purpose of viewing each backup strategy by name, sequence, type (incremental or checkpoint), status (in progress, ended or failed), and by start date.