Automatically create (incremental) backups of zfs snapshots on a file server.
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# zfs-snapshot-backup
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**Automatically create (incremental) backups of zfs snapshots on a file server.**
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This is currently tailored only to our setup of a FreeNAS in combination with
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our virtual server and storage provided by the Rechenzentrum.
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The script will create backups of ZFS snapshots for elab journals. The name of
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the ZFS dataset (from wich the snapshots are created) must start with `elabfs-`
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followed by the elab member name, e.g. `LukasMetzler`
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The snapshots should be made with the `periodic snapshot task` provided by the
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FreeNAS system. Snapshots should be kept on the NAS for a couple of days
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(currently one week) to allow transfer errors not to interfere with the backup
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process.
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The backup process should be run after a snapshot is taken. Proposed is to take
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a daily snapshot at night (currently between 2am and 3am) and start the backup
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process later via cron (currently set to 4am).
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The documentation in our wiki can be found at:
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https://wiki.cpi.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/CPIvServerDocumentation/ElabOnZfs
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## restoring backups ##
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1. copy a snapshot backup to the NAS
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```
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cd /mnt/Datenspeicher/snap-backup-dataset/temporary-backups/
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scp -i ../backup_key zfs_snap_backup@etha.cpi.imtek.uni-freiburg.de:~/zfs-backups/<backup-file> tmp-backup-file.gz
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```
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2. unzip the backup file and restore it into a dataset
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```
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gunzip -c tmep-backup-file.gz | zfs receive -F Datenspeicher/test-backup
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```
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3. remove the (local) backup file
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```
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rm tmp-backup-file.gz
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```
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