From d9960898326f24a8a496dae5db573047c561e8d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Marek (on kosmos)" Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:30:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] added info about tape backup --- docs/admins/managing_acl.rst | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst b/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst index 688ceeb..fef4105 100644 --- a/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst +++ b/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst @@ -435,4 +435,18 @@ 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 + + +---------------------------------------- +Tape backup for homefolders and projects +---------------------------------------- + +For homefolders snapshots are taken weekly and monthly, these snapshots are being written to tape in irregular intervals. To initiate a backup ask Ameer first. Previous backup overview: + ++---------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +| Date | What | Notes | ++=====================+=============================================+=======================================+ +| 23-09-2025 | Full backup of homefolders | Not confirmed done by Ameer | +| 04-10-2024 | Snapshots of homefolders and projects < 1TB | Confirmed and written to tape | ++---------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ From 5a34597233151aa5d3a4f3236e1561fe8ec9f5d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Marek (on hp-zbook)" Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:58:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] added seperate page for tape backups with new info --- docs/admins/managing_acl.rst | 14 -------------- docs/admins/tape_backups.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/admins/tape_backups.rst diff --git a/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst b/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst index fef4105..a025358 100644 --- a/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst +++ b/docs/admins/managing_acl.rst @@ -436,17 +436,3 @@ 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 - - ----------------------------------------- -Tape backup for homefolders and projects ----------------------------------------- - -For homefolders snapshots are taken weekly and monthly, these snapshots are being written to tape in irregular intervals. To initiate a backup ask Ameer first. Previous backup overview: - -+---------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ -| Date | What | Notes | -+=====================+=============================================+=======================================+ -| 23-09-2025 | Full backup of homefolders | Not confirmed done by Ameer | -| 04-10-2024 | Snapshots of homefolders and projects < 1TB | Confirmed and written to tape | -+---------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ diff --git a/docs/admins/tape_backups.rst b/docs/admins/tape_backups.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca22366 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/admins/tape_backups.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +======================================== +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. From ee29e85dec4ae1e87ff0b62f41108fda24dd2596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Marek (on hp-zbook)" Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:08:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] added to index and added extra contact info --- docs/admins/index.rst | 1 + docs/admins/tape_backups.rst | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) 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/tape_backups.rst b/docs/admins/tape_backups.rst index ca22366..8144a45 100644 --- a/docs/admins/tape_backups.rst +++ b/docs/admins/tape_backups.rst @@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ The process of creating tape backups is as follows: 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.