diff --git a/docs/admins/index.rst b/docs/admins/index.rst index 300fdb4..e4e06d4 100644 --- a/docs/admins/index.rst +++ b/docs/admins/index.rst @@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ Kosmos for administrators (root users) troubleshooting task_division managing_acl + tape_backups diff --git a/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst b/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst index 688ceeb..a025358 100644 --- a/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst +++ b/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst @@ -435,4 +435,4 @@ Both ``create-data-dir`` and ``delete-data-dir`` support subdirectories: - Use ``-s subdir`` flag to specify subdirectory - Or include path in directory name: ``subdir/dirname`` -- Works with both relative and absolute paths for deletion \ No newline at end of file +- Works with both relative and absolute paths for deletion diff --git a/docs/admins/tape_backups.rst b/docs/admins/tape_backups.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8144a45 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/admins/tape_backups.rst @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +======================================== +Tape backup for homefolders and projects +======================================== + +For homefolders snapshots are taken weekly and monthly, these snapshots are being written to tape in irregular intervals. Previous backup overview: + ++---------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +| Date | What | Notes | ++=====================+=============================================+=======================================+ +| 08-10-2025 | Full backups of project folders | Being done by Ameer, not confirmed yet| ++---------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +| 08-10-2025 | Full backup of homefolders | Confirmed written to tape | ++---------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +| 04-10-2024 | Snapshots of homefolders and projects < 1TB | Confirmed and written to tape | ++---------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ + +In October 2025, a full backup of all home and project folders is / will be done by Ameer. In the future this will be the basis from which we can make incremental snapshot backups. + +The process of creating tape backups is as follows: + +1. Generate snapshots for the folders to be backed up. + +2. Ask Ameer to which location the data should be written. Ameer will typically + make a mounted folder available on the system. + +3. If written to the folder mention to Ameer and he will write the data to tape. + +4. Verify with Ameer that the data has been written to tape. + + +Contact person and responsible for doing tape backups is Marek Oerlemans, reachable via nki-ai slack, teams or email.