Disaster Recovery using AWS cloud service
I need to do a disaster Recovery test this year and I was thinking about backing up our data from our domain controller to Amazon(AWS) cloud
HAs anyone ever done this?
I am talking about 600 gb of data
any tips or ideas would be appreicated
HAs anyone ever done this?
I am talking about 600 gb of data
any tips or ideas would be appreicated
Are you backing up one or multiple images?
ASKER
we would be testing by backing up our data one time
Ask Leo has a very clear full and detailed discussion of this topic. There are a number of items to consider such as speed, long term viability, protection from hackers and more.
The article is here
https://askleo.com/4-important-rules-to-safely-use-cloud-storage-as-cloud-backup/
The article is here
https://askleo.com/4-important-rules-to-safely-use-cloud-storage-as-cloud-backup/
Hi,
This a virtual, or physical environment??
This days most of the best backup tools you can replicate(or Backup job copy) to Cloud.
This a virtual, or physical environment??
This days most of the best backup tools you can replicate(or Backup job copy) to Cloud.
Yes, it possible. You can backup drives image to a cloud. Even more, you can restore the server as VM in several minutes if needed. And if you configure one network with a cloud virtual network and your LAN the restored as VM server should work as your primary one.
Not many software can do so. I.e. CloudBerry Backup, Veeam, and some other.
Not many software can do so. I.e. CloudBerry Backup, Veeam, and some other.
I would appreciate a bit more detail. I understand you are thinking of doing a one-time backup to AWS. What is unclear is what you might want to do next.
Let's say you back up your Domain Controller (DC) to AWS. Note: To avoid a long upload, you might use Snowball, https://aws.amazon.com/sno
Now let's say you spin up your DC in AWS and it is perfect. Now what? Do you want to:
1. Set up ongoing, incremental backups to AWS with the ability to recover everything in the AWS cloud as VMs, or
2. Set up ongoing, incremental backups to AWS and a Disaster Recovery Site where you could restore everything from AWS, or
3. Use your AWS backups as a redundant resource just in case your current offsite backups fail you, or
4. Use your AWS backup as insurance in case your disaster recovery test goes badly wrong (For example, you try to restore your DC from an image backup and the image is bad and wrecks the contents of the DC.), or
5. Something else?
Let's say you back up your Domain Controller (DC) to AWS. Note: To avoid a long upload, you might use Snowball, https://aws.amazon.com/sno
Now let's say you spin up your DC in AWS and it is perfect. Now what? Do you want to:
1. Set up ongoing, incremental backups to AWS with the ability to recover everything in the AWS cloud as VMs, or
2. Set up ongoing, incremental backups to AWS and a Disaster Recovery Site where you could restore everything from AWS, or
3. Use your AWS backups as a redundant resource just in case your current offsite backups fail you, or
4. Use your AWS backup as insurance in case your disaster recovery test goes badly wrong (For example, you try to restore your DC from an image backup and the image is bad and wrecks the contents of the DC.), or
5. Something else?
ASKER
what I am going to do is backup to Amazon and compare the date on the domain controller vs what is on the backup. Making sure the data is all there
The domain controller is a virtual server
The domain controller is a virtual server
OK, great, I understand what you want to do first. Now let's say that the data on the DC vs. what is on the backup is perfect. Do you want to do anything else? I listed four possible next things to do. Are you interested in doing one of them after you compare the data?
Hi
Here is an article that I have writen about Backup Tool for Virtual (and physical) environments.
Regarding to make sure the Backup have all the data, for example Veeam uses something like SureBackup and Nakivo uses something like Screenshot verification.
http://www.provirtualzone.com/free-virtual-backups-tools/
Hope this can help
Jail
Here is an article that I have writen about Backup Tool for Virtual (and physical) environments.
Regarding to make sure the Backup have all the data, for example Veeam uses something like SureBackup and Nakivo uses something like Screenshot verification.
http://www.provirtualzone.com/free-virtual-backups-tools/
Hope this can help
Jail
ASKER
all i am going to do is compare data on the AWS server that was backed up vs data on the domain controller. Is all the data there and is it the same
I am going to keep this simple
I am going to keep this simple
Why do you want to know if all the data are successfully copied to the AWS server?
Your answer to that question is important. You can choose from several ways to back up data to AWS and several different services within AWS. So you want to choose the way that makes sense for what you might do later with the data.
A backup of your data has no value at all unless you have some method to successfully use the backed up data. Without a way to use the backup, it will just stay in place with no purpose. So, you could test your AWS backup and find out that all the data is there. Now let's say you have a disaster. How will you download the data? Where will you put it? How will you access it?
It makes sense to test that the data is successfully uploaded to the cloud. But it is more important to test your access to the data in the way you want to access it after a disaster.
For example, I tested a Bare Metal Backup using a well known product that uploads to AWS. The report and statistics showed that 100% of the data was uploaded and the backup was successful. When I ran a test restore to the same machine, it failed.
Your answer to that question is important. You can choose from several ways to back up data to AWS and several different services within AWS. So you want to choose the way that makes sense for what you might do later with the data.
A backup of your data has no value at all unless you have some method to successfully use the backed up data. Without a way to use the backup, it will just stay in place with no purpose. So, you could test your AWS backup and find out that all the data is there. Now let's say you have a disaster. How will you download the data? Where will you put it? How will you access it?
It makes sense to test that the data is successfully uploaded to the cloud. But it is more important to test your access to the data in the way you want to access it after a disaster.
For example, I tested a Bare Metal Backup using a well known product that uploads to AWS. The report and statistics showed that 100% of the data was uploaded and the backup was successful. When I ran a test restore to the same machine, it failed.
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@Luciano Patrão - Thanks for writing excellent reviews of each of the free versions of virtual and physical backup applications. http://www.provirtualzone.
That is a very useful article. If we knew more about the OP's goals, we could even offer the advice and tips he requested, pointing him to one or more of the free applications you reviewed. That sort of advice would be useful for a one-time test and beyond.
That is a very useful article. If we knew more about the OP's goals, we could even offer the advice and tips he requested, pointing him to one or more of the free applications you reviewed. That sort of advice would be useful for a one-time test and beyond.
Hi Wells,
2 of the tools that I wrote a review I have propose he use for testing as free trial (Veeam and Nakivo). Both backup, replicate and do a VM Copy to AWS.
But all in that article all tools can use AWS as Cloud Backup repository, or a act as a DR.
2 of the tools that I wrote a review I have propose he use for testing as free trial (Veeam and Nakivo). Both backup, replicate and do a VM Copy to AWS.
But all in that article all tools can use AWS as Cloud Backup repository, or a act as a DR.
ASKER
Wells Anderson
i work for a small IT department that is straddled with a small budget. I have to find a way to begin to test our DR plan. If i had a big budget and a few more employees I could find lots of things to do
My last cloud backup provider allowed me to back up the entire domain controller to their virtual server
We were able to have uses Active Directory logons- check their rights- and see if their data was advailable in there home directory
Its a start for DR testing and if we would not have a server in-house because of an emergency
i work for a small IT department that is straddled with a small budget. I have to find a way to begin to test our DR plan. If i had a big budget and a few more employees I could find lots of things to do
My last cloud backup provider allowed me to back up the entire domain controller to their virtual server
We were able to have uses Active Directory logons- check their rights- and see if their data was advailable in there home directory
Its a start for DR testing and if we would not have a server in-house because of an emergency
If you are using AWS cloud for backups, then you can use awscli for Accessing of aws in cli mode or you can use AWS panel to manage the task or you can use any third party software (for eg. Cloudberry, etc) for managing backup from cloud to cloud or local to cloud.
ASKER
I am not useing AWS for backup at this time
My goal is to use my backed up data and restore it to a AWS server
I am doing this to test my backup data and compare it with what is on my domain controller
The reason I am doing this is for a simple disater recovery test
My goal is to use my backed up data and restore it to a AWS server
I am doing this to test my backup data and compare it with what is on my domain controller
The reason I am doing this is for a simple disater recovery test
Depends on how many servers you are looking to recover. If its only for a couple of servers you could take a look at Zerto. If you are looking to have an ongoing disaster recovery environment available in AWS so you can have your entire IT infrastructure up and running within 15 minutes then you should take a look at CloudEndure