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We take [[LDAP]] and [[Kerberos]] backups twice daily. Backups on auth1 occur at 4am and on auth2 they occur at 4pm. On each machine, backups are stored in /backup/{ldap,krb5} (in the case of auth1, this is /backup exported from the [[NetApp]]).
We take nightly [[Kerberos]] and [[LDAP]] backups. The backups are stored on [[Machine_List#artificial-flavours|artificial-flavours]] in /var/backups/krb5 and /var/backups/slapd respectively. These are executed as cronjobs in /etc/cron.daily.


Miscellaneous backups (including backups of home directories for expired accounts) are stored in /users/backup (accessible on any system that NFS-mounts [[User-data|/users]]).
Miscellaneous backups (including backups of home directories for expired accounts) are stored in /users/backup (accessible on any system that NFS-mounts [[User-data|/users]]).

== MySQL ==

We don't currently backup MySQL. See the historical version of this page for previous backup strategy.

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Latest revision as of 00:19, 2 February 2017

We take LDAP and Kerberos backups twice daily. Backups on auth1 occur at 4am and on auth2 they occur at 4pm. On each machine, backups are stored in /backup/{ldap,krb5} (in the case of auth1, this is /backup exported from the NetApp).

Miscellaneous backups (including backups of home directories for expired accounts) are stored in /users/backup (accessible on any system that NFS-mounts /users).

MySQL

We don't currently backup MySQL. See the historical version of this page for previous backup strategy.