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Server Backup Schedules

Server

OS

Primary Function

Data Backed Up

Method

Schedule

Retention Window

apollo.informatics.indiana.edu

Windows

File Server

C:\
E:\
System State/Registry

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

bl-csci-ntadmin.cs.indiana.edu

Windows

File Server

F:\
System State/Registry

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

batson.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

Web, Mailman Server

/etc
/var/lib/mailman
/var/lib/squirrelmail
/home

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

belfry.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

Web, CGI Server

/etc
/var/log
/var/www
/home

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

bio.informatics.indiana.edu

Linux

Bio group

/home
/var/www

#MDSS

Monthly

2 years

capricorn.informatics.indiana.edu

Linux

General-purpose

/home
/var

#MDSS

Monthly

2 years

capstone.informatics.indiana.edu

Windows

Project Server

C:\
E:\
System State/Registry

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

frog.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

File Server (aka. nfs1)

/etc
/home

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

gaia.informatics.indiana.edu

Linux

File server

/home

#MDSS

Monthly

2 years

goosie.cogsci.indiana.edu

Linux

Web Server

/etc
/u
/usr/apache/htdocs
/var/mail

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

leo.informatics.indiana.edu

Linux

Capstone projects

/home
/var

#MDSS

Monthly

2 years

milter.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

Spam/Virus Scanner

/etc
/home

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

milliways.osl.iu.edu

Linux

Web, Mail Server

/etc
/opt/mailman-2.1.9
/opt/rt3
/opt/swish-e-2.4.3
/opt/wildfire
/opt/wordpress
/opt/wordpressmu-1.0-rc4
/home

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

mimic.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

ARCServe Backup Server

/etc

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

mneme.extreme.indiana.edu

Linux

File Server

/etc
/home/users
/home/data/{repository,svnbackups}

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

newman.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

Mail Server

/etc
/var/spool/mail

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

outreach.informatics.indiana.edu

Windows

Project Server

C:\
E:\
System State/Registry

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

pegasus.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

File Server

/home/data
/home/work/viz

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

rage.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

LDAP, DNS, DHCP Server

/etc
/usr/local/named
/var/lib/ldap
/var/log

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

rainier.extreme.indiana.edu

Solaris

Web, File Server

/etc
/var/{adm,log}
/var/spool/cron
/home/user1
/home/user2/repository

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

recruit.informatics.indiana.edu

Linux

Faculty recruit system

/var

#MDSS

Monthly

2 years

rontok.osl.iu.edu

Linux

File Server

/etc
/home/users
/xraid/data/osl
/xraid/users

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

shannon.informatics.indiana.edu

Windows

Web Server

C:\
E:\
System State/Registry

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

sourcehaven.osl.iu.edu

Linux

Project Server

/home/backup/{pg-dump,svn}
/home/{shnadm,subversion}

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

toad.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

File Server (aka. nfs2)

/etc
/home/data/admin
/home/data/database
/home/data/graphics
/home/data/hardware
/home/data/knownspace
/home/data/proglang
/home/data/provenance

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

typhoon.cs.indiana.edu

Solaris

File Server

/etc
/home/user1

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

watcher.cs.indiana.edu

Linux

Linux Install Server

/etc
/tftpboot
/usr/local
/home
/usr/src/redhat/{LOGS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

whale.cs.indiana.edu

Solaris

Legacy Solaris Server

/etc
/usr/share/homedirs
/usr/local/etc/finger
/var/{adm,log,nis}
/var/spool/cron

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

wikis.informatics.indiana.edu

Linux

Drupal wikis

/var

#MDSS

Monthly

2 years

wowbagger.osl.iu.edu

Linux

Project Server

/etc
/opt/{MAILMAN,trac}
/home/backup/{mysql,svn}
/home/{hyper-archives,mailman-archives}

#ARCServe

Nightly

2 years

NOTE: Servers not listed here are NOT being backed up by the systems staff.

Backup Methods


ARCServe - ARCServe is a commercial backup package in use at the school. Backups are performed using a standard Grandfather/Father/Son (GFS) rotation which involves monthly and weekly full backups and nightly differentials. Backups are staged to disk storage on a central backup server located in Lindley Hall and then written to LTO3 tape libraries at the completion of the backup. The monthly full backups are kept for 2 years and copies of the 2 most recent monthly full backup tapes are stored at an offsite location. All data on the tapes is encrypted to ensure security.


MDSS - The Massive Data Storage Service (MDSS) provides an effective way to archive important data. Backups utilizing MDSS are performed using weekly crontab jobs that write to the local system and monthly backups are pushed to the MDSS. Data on the MDSS is replicated between Bloomington and Indianapolis locations, providing replication and offsite storage. However, the local weekly backups could be lost due to a catastrophic system failure so the loss window in such cases could be 1 month.

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