Backup

System backups copy all system data to /home/servers/backup on pre-set time of the day. The location of backup files (/home/servers/backup) must be mounted on another storage media ( hard disk, tape, CD, network share etc).

Table 21.1. Backup

Field	Description	Example	Field Type
Backup Type	Backups can be either automated or manual. Automated backups will be performed at pre-set time of the day. It is up the administrator to perform manual backups.
Backup at	Time at which backup will be performed
Replace previous day	If this vales is set to "Yes" the previous days backup will be deleted in order to save space on backup storage media. However, this does mean that at any time there will be only one days backup present. If this value set to "No", backups will not will be deleted but in this case storage media needs to have enough space available and it does need to be monitored regularly for available space.

Field

Description

Example

Field Type

Backup Type

Backups can be either automated or manual. Automated backups will be performed at pre-set time of the day. It is up the administrator to perform manual backups.

Backup at

Time at which backup will be performed

Replace previous day

If this vales is set to "Yes" the previous days backup will be deleted in order to save space on backup storage media. However, this does mean that at any time there will be only one days backup present.

If this value set to "No", backups will not will be deleted but in this case storage media needs to have enough space available and it does need to be monitored regularly for available space.

	Warning
	If space is not available the backups will not be performed...