MPU Data Backups

The MPU has a number of servers containing master data. Most are backed up off-site using rsync+rmirror.

Rmirror backups are run by the Services Unit. They have a page which describes how to set up a client for mirroring. The nightly results of the mirrors can be checked from each client machine using om rmirrorclient report or all together on the Mirrors Report page.

Because mirrors can be moved around from time to time it no longer makes sense to list the exact mirror locations here. To find a mirror's location, first look on the results page to find the name of the mirror server used for that particular mirror; then login to that server and look in its /disk/rmirror partitions and/or its qxprof rmirror resources.

All mirrors have been checked to ensure that mirroring is succeeding, that it is at a separate site from the master copy, and that the mirror partition is being taped (except where noted below).

The current host of a VM can be found with kvmtool --name myhost locate.

pinemarten

pinemarten is the pkgforge master server and is a virtual machine in the Forum. It has 1 rmirror entry - pkgforgedb.

otter

otter is the lcfg.org web server and is a virtual machine in KB. It has 2 rmirror entries - lcfgdatadisk mirrored from lcfgweb.inf.ed.ac.uk and lcfgwiki mirrored from wiki.lcfg.org.

lagun

lagun is the computing.help server. It has one rmirror entry computedocsbak. There is also a backup service available on hulp

mole

mole is the diydice LCFG server and is a virtual machine based at KB. It has 1 rmirror entry diydice which is mirrored from diydice.inf.ed.ac.uk.

nerano

nerano is the old inventory/ordershost server and is a virtual machine in KB. It has 1 rmirror entry ordershost

steen

steen is the LCFG master and is a real machine in the Forum. It has 2 rmirror entries - lcfgrfedata which is mirrored from lcfg-master.inf.ed.ac.uk and lcfgsvn which is mirrored from lcfgsvn.inf.ed.ac.uk. Note that for this machine we also have backups on the LCFG disaster recovery machine (lcfg-dr) which are likely to be much more up-to-date.

tomares

tomares is the new inventory (tartarus) server and is a virtual machine in the Forum. It has 1 rmirror entry tartarus

vendramin

vendramin is the bugs.lcfg.org server and is a VM in KB. It has one rmirror entry bugdata.

KVM hosts

Each KVM host has an rmirror entry called kvmconf to mirror its KVM guests' configuration files.

The SimpleKVMDocs page summarises the current KVM hosts and their whereabouts.

deneb

deneb is the packages mirror server and is a real machine in the Forum. The packages are backed up to the LCFG DR server (salamanca).

-- StephenQuinney - 24 Jan 2019