{"id":12534,"date":"2009-11-10T14:39:21","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T18:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=12534"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T22:47:55","slug":"server-backup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/storage-backup\/server-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Server Backup &amp; Restore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong>\u00a0Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See\u00a0<a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>\u00a0below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>IS&amp;T offers a secure backup and restore service for servers and storage systems. This service stores\u202fbackups primarily in our on-campus data center and an optional off-site location for disaster recovery. This service recovers your lost or corrupted data, allowing us to restore your operational data to a previous state when needed.<\/p>\n<p>Backup is reserved for active operational servers. Data that requires long-term storage but is not needed for daily operations is more suited for IS&amp;T&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/storage-backup\/network-file-storage\/\">Network File Storage<\/a> service.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>Leveraging\u202fIS&amp;T&#8217;s backup service alleviates\u202fthe need for\u202fdepartments to purchase, maintain, and operate independent backup environments. Backups are\u202fde-duplicated, compressed for storage efficiency, and encrypted.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span>Ability to restore lost or corrupted files.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span>Primary Backup<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span>Backups\u202fare stored in IS&amp;T&#8217;s primary data center and retained for 21 days.\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span>Each department receives a\u202f10TB allocation for on-campus\u202fbackups at no charge.\u202f\u202fRequests for larger backup capacity may incur charges, but IS&amp;T will assist you in assessing a cost-effective solution for backing up and safeguarding your data.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span>Duplicate Backup (Optional<\/span><span>)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW55169319 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW55169319 BCX0\">New Backup and Restore requests are typically fulfilled within two business days.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Temporary administrative account access is necessary to install the backup client software initially.<\/p>\n<p>UNIX\/Linux-based systems must actively participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/security-resources\/bestpractice\/unix\/useradm\/\">University&#8217;s\u202fGlobal UID System<\/a> and be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/security\/iam\/directory\/ad\/linux\/\">domain-joined to Active Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Windows-based systems must be part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/security\/iam\/directory\/ad\/\">University&#8217;s Active Directory Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Cost<\/h2>\n<p>We will charge for backups that go beyond their designated base allocations.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<p>If you wish to learn more about IS&amp;T&#8217;s backup service, please consult <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/storage-backup\/server-backup\/backup-service-faq\/\">the service FAQ<\/a>. Use the <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW170774214 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/help\/tech\/backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW170774214 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170774214 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">online forms<\/span><\/span><\/a> to request or modify backup service and to request file restoration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IS&amp;T offers a network-based file backup and restore service for departmental servers and workstations&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1303,"featured_media":0,"parent":84272,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"service.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12534"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149846,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12534\/revisions\/149846"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}