You can use the Commvault software to back up and restore Lustre.
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Backups
Data You Can Back Up
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Files
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Folders
Backups You Can Perform
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Full backups
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Incremental backups
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Synthetic full backups
When You Can Perform Backups
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On a schedule: The backup plan that you assign manages scheduled backups
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On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time
Restores
Backups You Can Use for Restores
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The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location
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A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable
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Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted
Destinations You Can Restore To
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The current location (in place)
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A different folder on the same file server (out of place)
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A different file server (out of place)
File Striping during Restores
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Default behavior:
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Lustre backup data restored to Lustre will be restored with the stripe information that the data had originally.
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Non-Lustre backup data restored to Lustre will inherit the destination stripe information.
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Optional setting on the access node(s) performing the recovery (LustreRestoreStripeInformationFromBackup set to 0)
- Lustre backup data restored to Lustre will inherit the destination stripe information.