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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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- <title>HPCC Data Backups</title>
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+ <title><emphasis>HPCC Data Backups</emphasis></title>
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<sect1 id="Introduction2" role="nobrk">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>This section covers critical system data that requires regular
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- backup procedures to prevent data loss. </para>
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+ backup procedures to prevent data loss.</para>
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- <para>There are </para>
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+ <para>There are</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Dali Server data is typically mirrored to its backup node.
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This location is specified in the environment configuration file using
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- the Configuration Manager. </para>
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+ the Configuration Manager.</para>
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<para>Since the data is written simultaneously to both nodes, there is
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- no need for a manual backup procedure. </para>
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+ no need for a manual backup procedure.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Environment Configuration files</title>
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<para>There is only one active environment file, but you may have many
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- alternative configurations. </para>
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+ alternative configurations.</para>
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<para>Configuration manager only works on files in the
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/etc/HPCCSystems/source/ folder. To make a configuration active, it is
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- copied to /etc/HPCCSystems/environment.xml on all nodes. </para>
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+ copied to /etc/HPCCSystems/environment.xml on all nodes.</para>
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<para>Configuration Manager automatically creates backup copies in the
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/etc/HPCCSystems/source/backup/ folder.</para>
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<para>Thor clusters are normally configured to automatically replicate
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data to a secondary location known as the mirror location. Usually, this
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- is on the second drive of the subsequent node. </para>
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+ is on the second drive of the subsequent node.</para>
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<para>If the data is not found at the primary location (for example, due
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to drive failure or because a node has been swapped out), it looks in
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</orderedlist>
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</sect2>
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- <sect2>
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+ <sect2 role="brk">
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<title>Scheduled backup</title>
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<para>The easiest way to schedule the backup process is to create a
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- cron job. Cron is a daemon that serves as a task scheduler. </para>
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+ cron job. Cron is a daemon that serves as a task scheduler.</para>
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<para>Cron tab (short for CRON TABle) is a text file that contains a
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the task list. To edit with the default editor, use the
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<para>Here is a sample cron tab entry:</para>
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<para><programlisting>30 23 * * * /opt/HPCCSystems/bin/start_backupnode mythor
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-</programlisting>30 represents the minute of the hour. </para>
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+</programlisting>30 represents the minute of the hour.</para>
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- <para>23 represents the hour of the day </para>
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+ <para>23 represents the hour of the day</para>
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<para>The asterisks (*) represent every day, month, and
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weekday.</para>
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<para>Attribute repositories are stored on ECL developer's local hard
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drives. They can contain a significant number of hours of work and
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therefore should be regularly backed up. In addition, we suggest using
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- some form of source version control, too. </para>
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+ some form of source version control, too.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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