Introduction
Backup and Business Continuity
A backup strategy involves creating and maintaining essential copies of data to protect critical information in the event of data loss or damage. This information and data is restored in case of critical incidents that cause a system outage. An effective backup strategy ensures business continuity, minimizes downtime and can protect against data loss.Backup policies apply to all storage providers and LucidLink recommends customers follow best practices in line with their business continuity requirements.
The following articles provide information on backup strategy development and tools that can be used to meet backup policy objectives. Please note that as LucidLink Filespaces present to the operating system as a local disk, any preferred backup software can be used. The following articles are provided as examples only.
Backup articles in this series
This LucidLink Knowledge Base article is the first in a series of articles describing how to leverage various applications and/or services to backup your LucidLink Filespace data.
The series includes the following articles:
Back up workflows:
- Using Robocopy for Filespace backup
- Using Rsync for Filespace backup (macOS)
- Using Rclone to backup Filespace data to Cloud Storage
Off the shelf software:
Requirements
To undertake any of the backup workflows outlined you will need the following:
- A storage location and medium for the backup data
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A machine or VM to perform the backup operation
- The LucidLink client application will need to be installed
- The software chosen to perform the backup task will need to be installed
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Configure the back up operation via the chosen software, taking into account the following:
- Backup rules; Mirror, Sync, Update, etc.
- Files/Folders to include or exclude
- Schedule, Frequency, etc.