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Preliminary information

  • The backup scripts are stored in /u3/scripts;

  • The log files for these scripts are stored in /u3/scripts/logs;

  • The script u2_backup.sh is responsible to create a backup of /u2/dcs in /u3 and launch nfs_rsync.sh script to rsync data to nascoda1. The u2_backup.sh script is launched by crontab on host dafnenfs every day (see Table 2 for details);
  • The script nfs_rsync.sh is responsible to rsync the data from the host where it is launched to nascoda1. It will send an email to Paolo Ciuffetti at his end to inform him on the backup status. It is launched by crontab on host danteweb and vlmonitor01 every day (see Table 2 for details);
  • The host dafnenfs share /u3/scripts; danteweb and vlmonitor01 mount that folder via NFS on boot (folder present in /etc/fstab);
  • The host dafnenfs has a custom configuration for logrotate present in /etc/logrotate.d/nfs_rsync to rotate log files generated by these scripts. It will rotate all log files every day, keeping them compressed in /u3/scripts/logs/old folder for 5 days.

Data

Control system data was saved in a Sun Storagetek 2550 Disk Array (LAT room) connected with two fiber optic paths to beatrix and virgil, the old production cluster. Now it's all stored and exported to us from the IT department of LNF; These are the folders in which data is organized: 

HostFolderBackup Folder (nascoda1/2)Description
dafnenfs/etcserver_data/dafnenfs/etcConfiguration files
dafnenfs/data/disklessdisklessFilesystem for VMIC diskless clients
dafnenfs/data/export/exec/Solaris_9_sparc.all/usrforce_usrUser Filesystem for Force diskless clients
dafnenfs/data/export/rootforce_rootRoot Filesystem for Force diskless clients
dafnenfs/data/export/swapforce_swapSWAP for Force diskless clients
dafnenfs/data/u1u1
dafnenfs/data/u2u2Control system, home folders (dafne, vmic e VMs) and other files
dafnenfs/data/u3u3LVTemp, /data/u2 backup and other sensible files
dafnenfs/siddhartasiddhartaData written from Siddharta experiment and from DAFNE
dafnenfs/data/backup_linac-vllinacctr001 VM backup (not backed up)

danteweb/etcserver_data/danteweb/etcConfiguration files
danteweb/optserver_data/danteweb/optService scripts and data, including a crontab snapshot
danteweb/var/lib/mysqlserver_data/danteweb/mysqlDatabase files (backup disabled; to be re-enabled soon)
danteweb/var/wwwserver_data/danteweb/var/wwwWeb files (backup disabled; to be re-enabled soon)

vlmonitor01/etcserver_data/vlmonitor01/etcConfiguration files
vlmonitor01/optserver_data/vlmonitor01/optCustom scripts (with Nagios custom plugins)
vlmonitor01/var/spool/nagiosserver_data/vlmonitor01/var/spool/nagiosNagios home (with public/private keys)

Table 1 - data folders

Backup planning

Backup crontab are planned as Table 2 reports:

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Table 2 - Backup planning

Snapshot and replica

Backups are planned on NAS nascoda1.lnf.infn.it (LAT room) and rsynced on NAS nascoda2.lnf.infn.it (Control Lab, Building 2, Room 117) with following planning (including single volume snapshots):

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Table 3 - Snapshot and replica planning

Monthly manual backup

Manual backup made every month (.tar.gz) of all data folder and saved in shared folder "DCS Backups" on nascoda1.lnf.infn.it

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