Need help for Replication/Backup Policy

[SylvainB]

Hello,

I would like to implement the following backup/replication policy:

Replication of VMs every 6 hours on my second site

Backup of VMs every night at 10 PM, with retention of backups as follows:

• Retention of the last 7 days

• Retention of the last 4 weekends

• Retention of the last 12 month-ends

What do you recommend?

Thank you for your help!

[rporter]

@still_at_work
I'm a noob (or lower) with XenOrchestra, so take any suggestions with copious amounts of salt

I think you would need to set up three separate schedules

• Monthly would take a backup on the first day of the month, with a retention of 12
• Weekly would take a backup every Sunday with a retention of 4
• Daily would take a backup Monday through Saturday with a retention of 6 - here is where I'd probably use delta backups

The downside to this is that it doesn't force the monthly backups to a weekend. You'll occasionally get a monthly full & weekly full happening on the same day.

It would be nice if it could use a single backup with multiple retention schedules like our current backup systems

[nick.lloyd]

@rporter and @still_at_work There's actually a super useful guide here. If you have any questions feel free to post back here and I'll try to help.