Hi all,
I have a few questions about backing up Artifactory.
My main question is, what is/are the recommended or supported mechanism/s, on
Windows Server? I see
http://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/RTF2X/Managing+Backups (we're still on
2.6.4) describes the internal backup mechanism, which is what we're using, by
default. However, our system is hosted on a VM, and our IT guys use a
combination of "Symantec Backup Exec 2010" and "Veeam Backup and Replication"
to do a nightly clone of the VM to a separate SAN in a physically separate
location. I'm assuming that, if that VM clone ran while Artifactory was doing
its own internal backup, I might end up with inconsistencies between metadata
and filesystem, or possibly even outright corruption of either/both. I
suggested doing a scheduled shut-down of the service, running the backup, and
restarting the service, but there are a couple of problems with that.
* First, the systems we have don't let us guarantee that the backup
won't run until the service has successfully shut down (and similar problems on
service restart).
* Second, we expect to soon have other sites in two different time
zones, with remote repos pointing to our locals, so we don't want to shut down
during our night, when they're at work!
A related question is, does the internal backup mechanism back up absolutely
everything you need to re-build your Artifactory system? I'm assuming it backs
up all files and metadata but, e.g., does it back up the config descriptor and
security descriptor? What about the Jetty config? Anything else I'd need?
Lastly, is there a good way to test the backups, beyond "fetch the most
recently published artifacts and check the hashes"?
Thanks for any advice you can give,
Hugh Greene, Senior Software Developer
Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems Europe, Ltd
Bonnington Bond, 2 Anderson Place, Edinburgh EH6 5NP, UK
Tel + 44 (0)131 472 4792 / Fax + 44 (0) 131 472 4799
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