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<h1>Presenting TISBackup<a class="headerlink" href="#presenting-tisbackup" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>The objective of TISbackup is to benefit from file backups
and centralized alert feedback on “reasonable” data volumes
(of the order of a few TB).</p>
<p>TISBackup allows:</p>
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<li><p>to know if a recent backup exists;</p></li>
<li><p>to keep a history with deduplication at the file level (no duplicate backups);</p></li>
<li><p>to have an immediate view of the contents of a server or a server area
for data restoration ;</p></li>
<li><p>to export the last backup to an external media in order to transfer
it to a secure location;</p></li>
<li><p>to configure the backup cycle with a simple
and readable <em class="mimetype">.ini</em> file;</p></li>
<li><p>to work with a module mechanism to extend the type of backups
(https, rsync, postgres, mysql,) of virtual machines;</p></li>
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<p>Satisfying these needs stems from the need for a tool
to manage a vast pool of machines each hosting a multitude
of different software or services (different editors,
different hardware platforms and operating environments, etc.).
Finally, as the backup procedures of a publisher changed without any warning,
the remote backup mechanisms were regularly broken, which caused us some scares
with the mechanisms we were using before.</p>
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<h2>Overview of existing solutions<a class="headerlink" href="#overview-of-existing-solutions" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Different open source solutions exist but did not meet our specifications.</p>
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<h3>Baccula<a class="headerlink" href="#baccula" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p><strong class="program">Baccula</strong> is a high-performance solution for full backups on tape
and removable media. However, a restore can take a long time
and the storage of a history can be voluminous.
The backup is saved on a file system that is not readable by a Windows system.
An uninitiated “backup manager” will not be able to check the contents
of his backup from home.</p>
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<h3>r-snapshot<a class="headerlink" href="#r-snapshot" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p><strong class="program">r-snapshot</strong> almost corresponds to the specifications
but is complex to configure and any necessary modification
would have been difficult to develop as an overlay of the existing one:</p>
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<li><p>the backups are organized by date then by zone which is the opposite
of what was desired;</p></li>
<li><p>it is not possible to configure different backup frequencies
according to the criticality levels of the servers;</p></li>
<li><p>finally, the deletion of obsolete backups is done in the same process
as the backups, which can be very long and can be problematic
if there is a problem during the backup.</p></li>
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<p><strong>… and now TISbackup …</strong></p>
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<p><span class="caption-text">Presenting TISBackup</span></p>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="presenting_tisbackup.html">Technical background for TISBackup</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="presenting_tisbackup.html#tisbackup">tisbackup</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="installing_tisbackup.html">Installing and configuring TISBackup on Debian</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="installing_tisbackup.html#setting-up-the-gnu-linux-debian-server">Setting up the GNU/Linux Debian server</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="installing_tisbackup.html#setting-up-the-graphical-user-interface-for-the-tisbackup-server">Setting up the graphical user interface for the TISBackup server</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="configuring_tisbackup.html#global-section">[global] section</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="configuring_tisbackup.html#backup-types">Backup types</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="using_tisbackup.html">Using TISBackup</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="using_tisbackup.html#exporting-backups">Exporting backups</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="screenshots.html">Screenshots of TISBackup</a></li>
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