Hi Dojo,
What are the possibilities of taking a backup to network file system to cloud?
Can I use NFS services like Elastic file system(EFS) in AWS cloud to backup the DM agent?
I tried to dig more info on backup but I could not find much information in the documentation.
Can someone shed some light on this please.
Thanks in Advance
Hi Soumith,
ARCHITECTURE
Regarding Elastic File System (EFS from Amazon) you would need to be hosting your DMA on an Amazon compute service as a pre-requisite (this is specified by Amazon). Yes, it is possible to install a full DataMiner system on any public cloud provider including Amazon.
STORAGE/BACKUP
Providing the storage location is made available on the network and a path can be made from the hosting DMA to the storage via NFS then backups can be made to the cloud.
GENERAL INFORMATION
DataMiner uses two types of backup location
- Local (direct to storage attached to compute node)
- Shared Path (or Network Path)
Some useful links to our documentation are below:
Link to DataMiner user manual for DataMiner backups:
HowTo Video for full process in a 5 minute video:
https://community.dataminer.services/video/backup-configuring-backups/
SUMMARY
If the storage location (whether it is hosted virtually or physically) is made available via NFS then a DMA can use the network path as a route to the storage destination. See the HowTo video (0:50 seconds) for a walkthrough on the process.