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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==

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	This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.		This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.
	[[File:Bkup Policy - Gnrl.jpg\|~~512x512px~~\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]]
	[[File:Bkup Policy - Adv Settings.jpg\|~~512x512px~~]]		[[File:Bkup Policy - Gnrl.jpg\|512px\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]]

			[[File:Bkup Policy - Adv Settings.jpg\|512px]]

	==== Selecting the Backup Source ====		==== Selecting the Backup Source ====

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	This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.		This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.
	[[File:Bkup Policy - Gnrl.jpg~~\|thumb~~\|512x512px\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]]		[[File:Bkup Policy - Gnrl.jpg\|512x512px\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]]
	[[File:Bkup Policy - Adv Settings.jpg\|512x512px]]		[[File:Bkup Policy - Adv Settings.jpg\|512x512px]]

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	Backup policies will do a CIFS/NFS mount of the specified NAS share on your network locally to the system in order to access the data to be archived. When the backup starts it creates a Backup Job object which you will see in the web interface and you can see the progress of any given ''Backup Job'' by monitoring it in the ''Backup Jobs'' tab in the center-pane of the web interface after you select the ''Network Share'' to which the backup policy is attached.		Backup policies will do a CIFS/NFS mount of the specified NAS share on your network locally to the system in order to access the data to be archived. When the backup starts it creates a Backup Job object which you will see in the web interface and you can see the progress of any given ''Backup Job'' by monitoring it in the ''Backup Jobs'' tab in the center-pane of the web interface after you select the ''Network Share'' to which the backup policy is attached.

	[[File:Create Backup Policy.jpg\|~~thumb\|512px~~\|Right-click on a share, then select ''Create Backup Policy...'']]		[[File:Create Backup Policy.jpg\|800px\|Right-click on a share, then select ''Create Backup Policy...'']]

	== [https://wiki.osnexus.com/index.php?title=Create_Backup_Policy Creating Backup Policies] ==		== [https://wiki.osnexus.com/index.php?title=Create_Backup_Policy Creating Backup Policies] ==

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	This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.		This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.
			[[File:Bkup Policy - Gnrl.jpg\|thumb\|512x512px\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]]
	[[File:~~Create Backup~~ Policy - Gnrl.jpg\|~~512px~~\|~~thumb~~\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]][[File:~~Create Backup~~ Policy - Adv ~~Set~~.jpg\|~~512px~~]]		[[File:Bkup Policy - Adv Settings.jpg\|512x512px]]

	==== Selecting the Backup Source ====		==== Selecting the Backup Source ====
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	Under the ''Policy Settings'' tab the section which says '''Hostname / IP Address:''' enter the IP address of the NAS filer or server which is sharing the NAS folder you want to backup. For NFS or SMB shares you should enter the IP address and press the '''Scan''' button. If NFS shares are found they'll show up in the CIFS/NFS Export: list. For CIFS share backups you'll need to enter the network path to the share in a special format starting with double forward slashes like so: '''//username%password@ipaddress'''. For example, you might scan for shares on a filer located at 10.10.5.5 using the SMB credentials of 'admin' and password 'password123' using this path: '''//admin%password123@10.10.5.5'''. In AD environments you can also include the domain in the SMB path like so '''//DOMAIN/username%password@ipaddress'''.		Under the ''Policy Settings'' tab the section which says '''Hostname / IP Address:''' enter the IP address of the NAS filer or server which is sharing the NAS folder you want to backup. For NFS or SMB shares you should enter the IP address and press the '''Scan''' button. If NFS shares are found they'll show up in the CIFS/NFS Export: list. For CIFS share backups you'll need to enter the network path to the share in a special format starting with double forward slashes like so: '''//username%password@ipaddress'''. For example, you might scan for shares on a filer located at 10.10.5.5 using the SMB credentials of 'admin' and password 'password123' using this path: '''//admin%password123@10.10.5.5'''. In AD environments you can also include the domain in the SMB path like so '''//DOMAIN/username%password@ipaddress'''.

	[[File:Create ~~Bkup~~ Policy ~~Settings~~.jpg\|~~512px~~]]		[[File:Create Backup Policy - Poly Set.jpg\|512x512px]]

	==== Policy Type ====		==== Policy Type ====
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	Backup policies may run many times per day to quickly backup new and modified files. A scan to determine what needs purging is typically less important so it is more efficient to run it nightly rather than with each and every backup job. For the ''Sliding Window'' policies the purge phase will throw out any files that are older than the retention period. For the ''Backup All Files'' policies there is a comparison that is done and any files that are no longer present in the NAS source share are removed from the backup. The Purge Policy can also be set to 'Never Purge Files From Backup' which will backup files to your Network Share but never remove them.		Backup policies may run many times per day to quickly backup new and modified files. A scan to determine what needs purging is typically less important so it is more efficient to run it nightly rather than with each and every backup job. For the ''Sliding Window'' policies the purge phase will throw out any files that are older than the retention period. For the ''Backup All Files'' policies there is a comparison that is done and any files that are no longer present in the NAS source share are removed from the backup. The Purge Policy can also be set to 'Never Purge Files From Backup' which will backup files to your Network Share but never remove them.

	[[File:~~Create~~ Bkup Policy - ~~Retention~~.jpg\|~~512px~~]]		[[File:Bkup Policy - File Sel.jpg\|512x512px]]

	==== Backup Logs ====		==== Backup Logs ====
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	== Data Mover Utility / pwalk ==		== Data Mover Utility / pwalk ==

	pwalk is a open source command line utility extended by OSNEXUS and included with QuantaStor and used for concurrent file copy/movement and scanning, more information is available [[~~pwalk~~ utility\|here]].		pwalk is a open source command line utility extended by OSNEXUS and included with QuantaStor and used for concurrent file copy/movement and scanning, more information is available [[Pwalk utility\|here]].

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Creating Backup Policies

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	Backup policies in QuantaStor support heavy parallelism so that very large NAS filers with 100m+ files can be easily scanned for changes. The default level of parallelism is 32 concurrent scan+copy threads but this can be reduced or increased to 64 concurrent threads.		Backup policies in QuantaStor support heavy parallelism so that very large NAS filers with 100m+ files can be easily scanned for changes. The default level of parallelism is 32 concurrent scan+copy threads but this can be reduced or increased to 64 concurrent threads.

	'''Navigation:''' Storage Management --> ~~Network Shares~~ --> ~~Network Share~~ --> Create ~~Backup Policy...~~ ''(~~rightclick~~)''		'''Navigation:''' Storage Management --> Schedules --> Backup Policy --> Create ''(toolbar)''

	==== Network Share ====		==== Network Share ====

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	Backup policies will do a CIFS/NFS mount of the specified NAS share on your network locally to the system in order to access the data to be archived. When the backup starts it creates a Backup Job object which you will see in the web interface and you can see the progress of any given ''Backup Job'' by monitoring it in the ''Backup Jobs'' tab in the center-pane of the web interface after you select the ''Network Share'' to which the backup policy is attached.		Backup policies will do a CIFS/NFS mount of the specified NAS share on your network locally to the system in order to access the data to be archived. When the backup starts it creates a Backup Job object which you will see in the web interface and you can see the progress of any given ''Backup Job'' by monitoring it in the ''Backup Jobs'' tab in the center-pane of the web interface after you select the ''Network Share'' to which the backup policy is attached.

	[[File:Create Backup ~~Menu 6~~.jpg\|thumb\|512px\|Right-click on a share, then select ''Create Backup Policy...'']]		[[File:Create Backup Policy.jpg\|thumb\|512px\|Right-click on a share, then select ''Create Backup Policy...'']]

	== [https://wiki.osnexus.com/index.php?title=Create_Backup_Policy Creating Backup Policies] ==		== [https://wiki.osnexus.com/index.php?title=Create_Backup_Policy Creating Backup Policies] ==

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Policy Name

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	This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.		This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.

	[[File:Create Backup Policy - Gnrl.jpg\|512px\|thumb\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]][[File:Create Backup Policy - ~~Advanced~~.jpg\|512px]]		[[File:Create Backup Policy - Gnrl.jpg\|512px\|thumb\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]][[File:Create Backup Policy - Adv Set.jpg\|512px]]

	==== Selecting the Backup Source ====		==== Selecting the Backup Source ====

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Policy Name

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	This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.		This is a friendly name for your ''Backup Policy''. If you are going to have multiple policies doing backups to the same ''Network Share'' then each policy will be associated with a directory with the name of the policy. For example, if your share is called "media-backups" and you have a policy called "project1" and a policy called "project2" then there will be sub-directories under the "media-backups" share for "project1" and "project2". In order to support multiple policies per ''Network Share'' you must select, in the ''Advanced Settings'' tab, the option which says 'Store files to policy specific subdirectory on destination'. If that is not selected then only one policy can be associated with the network share and the backups will go into the root of the share to form an exact mirror copy.

	[[File:Create Backup Policy - Gnrl.jpg\|512px\|thumb\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]]~~[[File:Create Backup Policy Dest.jpg\|512px]]~~		[[File:Create Backup Policy - Gnrl.jpg\|512px\|thumb\|Backup Policies use parallelized scanning and copy techniques to efficiently backup (copy) or migrate (move) data between Network Shares and remote data sources. Long Term Retention Rules only apply to ZFS and CephFS share types.]][[File:Create Backup Policy - Advanced.jpg\|512px]]
	[[File:Create Backup Policy - Advanced.jpg\|512px]]

	==== Selecting the Backup Source ====		==== Selecting the Backup Source ====