Pau Lo
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backup logs / reliability - VMware servers
Broadly speaking - how reliable of logs generated by backup software in relation to the success/completion of a backup job. I have never duties to admin a backup process for servers, but I wondered to what extent the logs are reliable and accurate.
Or put another way, can the "backup success" claim in the log events be a false sense of security if you still are not testing restores? I was trying to build a case that logs themselves are not necessarily sufficient but was hoping for some actual real world examples to support this.
Does backup success in event logs mean you can rely on the backup for restores 100% of the time?
Would a faulty backup be picked up 100% of the time informing the admin those are the only jobs which may not be restorable?
What kind of issues can still exist which could mean a backup which the event logs claimed to be 100% successful still cannot be restored if required?
Or put another way, can the "backup success" claim in the log events be a false sense of security if you still are not testing restores? I was trying to build a case that logs themselves are not necessarily sufficient but was hoping for some actual real world examples to support this.
Does backup success in event logs mean you can rely on the backup for restores 100% of the time?
Would a faulty backup be picked up 100% of the time informing the admin those are the only jobs which may not be restorable?
What kind of issues can still exist which could mean a backup which the event logs claimed to be 100% successful still cannot be restored if required?
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To quote someone from here.
Test your restores, not your backups.
Test your restores, not your backups.
I think Veeam say if you have a successful backup they guarantee a successful restore.
In fact they have a SureBackup solution that mounts and tests each backup
I like Veeam :)
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In fact they have a SureBackup solution that mounts and tests each backup
I like Veeam :)
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TEST YOUR BACKUPS!
A backup is not a backup, unless you tried a test restore!
If you are reliant upon logs, I only hope you've patched your Active Directory environment, and not open to Zerologon vulnerability.
A backup is not a backup, unless you tried a test restore!
If you are reliant upon logs, I only hope you've patched your Active Directory environment, and not open to Zerologon vulnerability.
you should make a test plan