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Self Service Backup and Restoration (TrilioVault) Service Scope |
Outlines important details regarding Self Service Backup and Restoration (TrilioVault) for UKCloud for OpenStack |
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Service Information |
Self Service Backup and Restoration (TrilioVault) Service Scope |
Service Information/ostack-sco-triliovault.md |
ostack-sco-triliovault.md |
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This article explains what is and isn't included in the scope of the OpenStack Self Service Backup and Restoration (TrilioVault) service option.
TrilioVault is one of a variety of on-platform protection options available from UKCloud. Use this article to understand instance backup and restoration and whether it will meet your own recovery point (RPO) or recovery time (RTO) objectives.
When you opt an OpenStack instance into the TrilioVault service, the instance is added to your TrilioVault self-service dashboard within OpenStack. Backups are made of the entire instance running on your UKCloud for OpenStack service.
Data protected by this service has a variable RPO dictated by the frequency of backups scheduled by the end user. RTO is determined by the time taken to restore the backup once you've instantiated it via the OpenStack dashboard.
You can make changes to your Backup and Restoration service directly via the OpenStack dashboard. You can:
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Opt instances into the service
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Change the backup policy for an instance
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Opt instances out of the backup service
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Instantiate the restoration of entire instances from an existing backup
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Instantiate the restoration of an individual file from an existing backup
As a fully self-service function, customers can invoke their own restorations of either an entire instance or individual files via the OpenStack dashboard.
TrilioVault is chargeable based on the number of instances protected and the capacity utilised to store the data.
[!NOTE] The TrilioVault platform leverages cinder snapshots to get the data backed up. It initiates a snapshot for the initial full backup and leaves the snapshot there to use as the differential for the next incremental backup. At any given time, there could be up to two snapshots visible per volume being backed up. At the end of the backup, there should only be one left behind (used for next incremental). In short we would not recommend deleting any TrilioVault snapshots as this will impact upon the performance of your backup routine.
By default, TrilioVault is not a DR tool, however in the event UKCloud declares a DR scenario in your primary datacentre, we can repoint TrilioVault to make your backup target site also become the recovery site, ensuring we can restore any and all workloads to a secondary datacentre in the event of a disaster event in your primary datacentre.
As TrilioVault is fully self-service, customers have full control as to the time and frequency that any backups occur.
Information about your backups is reported via the OpenStack dashboard, where the status of all backup and restoration events can be monitored in real time.
We do not guarantee successful backups, but we provide customers with full visibility as to the status of any backups along with the ability for customers to re-instantiate any backups that fail to complete.
The onus is on the customer to monitor the success of their backups via the tools made available within OpenStack. UKCloud will not automatically invoke any reruns of failed backups.
TrilioVault backups don't include an SLA. You should be aware that backups may occasionally fail for a variety of reasons. The status of TrilioVault backups should be monitored by the customer via the OpenStack dashboard.
This service is not backed by Service Credits.
The UKCloud support team can help provide customers with the support around investigating any failures on request.
On occasion, Planned Maintenance of the OpenStack platform will take precedence over this service. If there's a potential disruption, we'll highlight this to you via the UKCloud Service Status page.
[!NOTE] No protection products are automatically applied to instances running on the UKCloud platform, therefore you must explicitly select the protection option that best meets your requirements.
UKCloud for OpenStack also offers self-service snapshot protection natively from within the platform should you not require the advanced features of TrilioVault.
If neither of these services meet your requirements, you can also implement and manage your own protection solution. The UKCloud Cloud Storage service may be an appropriate target for self-managed solutions using software such as CommVault or NetWorker.
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