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Originally Posted by una
What is an Ideal Backup Strategy
In a nut shell, one that works effectively when called upon.
The term `Ideal` is ambiguous as different sites have different needs.
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Originally Posted by una
We have a solaris setup in our company and i have been assigned on a project of planning a backup strategy . ours is a midium level company.
I know of a couple of Medium Level Businesses that have inexcess of 2000 servers each. So .......
Get out a pen and paper and start discussing with your
company stakeholders what is core business critical systems and what isn't. For example; live/production servers and mail servers are generally considered critical systems, test/develpoment systems are not. Also know ahead of time what your budget is to get the task done. Also have
stakeholders identify any SLA, OLA, etc that could be impacted by backup schedules.
Get each of your
stakeholders to identify what they require backing up and with what regularity.
Don't take this role on yourself, otherwise it could be a case of hit-and-miss. This detail received should include server names, IP addresses, and specific directories for example. Some systems require full-backups every time, other can withstand incremental backups during the week and a full-backup at weeks end (and a monthly backup on the last w/end of the month).
Draw yourself a micky-mouse diagram of what resources you have available to perform backups and spread the load across all resources. If you quickly find that you are running out of time and resources to perform your backups - then raise a red-flag and start making a purchase order
Another tip is to ease into your backup plan. No point flogging everything at the one time to have it all fall over. From the start, keep track of backup statistics - these metrics (amount of data backed-up, tapes used, time taken to perform backup, time period of backup) can be benificial to help reorganise backup scheduling and justify expansion requirements or upgrades.
I know it's a bit brief, but I hope that helps some.