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Chapter 6
Data Protection
This chapter covers backup and disaster recovery procedures that can ensure your
company’s data is secured and accessible at all times. The Snap Server supports a
variety of native as well as third-party technologies that you can use to implement a
disaster recovery strategy appropriate to your environment and current practices.
The first three sections of this chapter discuss backup options and procedures you
perform before disaster strikes; the final section describes how to use these files to
restore any Snap Server to its original state.
• Data Backup Options —
Provides an overview of how you can use Snap Server
Snapshot technology in conjunction with Backup Express for GuardianOS to
optimize your data protection procedures. Optional third-party as well as native
backup options are also discussed.
• Using Snapshots —
Provides information you need to plan and implement
Snapshots as part of your data protection strategy.
• Using Backup Express for GuardianOS —
Provides an overview of Backup
Express for GuardianOS concepts and discusses using the software to perform
backup and restore operations on Snap Servers.
• Backing Up Server and Volume Settings —
Explains how to create the files you
need to recover a Snap Server’s configuration information, such as network and
RAID configurations, as well as volume-specific information, such as ACLs and
quota settings.
• Disaster Recovery Procedures —
Discusses what to do if all access to the data on a
Snap Server is cut off due to a hardware or software failure. Focus is placed on
the procedures for: (1) reinstalling the Snap Server operating system; and, (2)
restoring the server to its original configuration with data intact.