Backups

We have four main directories labeled BIG1, BIG2, BIG3 and BIG4. All four directories are located inside /storage directory.

Mizar.umassmed.edu

BIG1

Consists of 2 2TB Western Digital drives mounted as a LVM volume. Backed up to alcor.umassmed.edu 1,8,15,22 of every month. The backup directory is /mnt/VolGroup03-LogVol00 on alcor.

BIG2

Consists of 2 2TB Western Digital drives mounted as a LVM volume. Backed up to alcor.umassmed.edu 2,9,16,23 of every month. The backup directory is /mnt/VolGroup04-LogVol00 on alcor.

BIG3

Cconsists of 1 750GB Seagate and 1 2TB Western Digital drives mounted as a LVM volume. Backed up to alcor.umassmed.edu 3,10,17,24 of every month. The backup directory is /mnt/VolGroup01-LogVol00 on alcor.

BIG4

Consists of 2 750GB Seagate drives mounted as a LVM volume. Backed up to alcor.umassmed.edu 4,11,18,25 of every month. The backup directory is /mnt/VolGroup02-LogVol00 on alcor.

Crontab

### BIG 1
30 18 * * 0-4   rsync -a --exclude "cache/" --exclude "*.o" -e ssh /mnt/VolGroup03-LogVol00/ alcor.umassmed.edu:/mnt/VolGroup03-LogVol00/
0 0 * * 5    rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded --exclude "cache/" --exclude "*.o" -e ssh /mnt/VolGroup03-LogVol00/  alcor.umassmed.edu:/mnt/VolGroup03-LogVol00/
### BIG 2
30 20 * * 0-4    rsync -a --exclude "cache/" --exclude "*.o" -e ssh /mnt/VolGroup04-LogVol00/ alcor.umassmed.edu:/mnt/VolGroup04-LogVol00/
0 12 * * 5    rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded --exclude "cache/" --exclude "*.o" -e ssh /mnt/VolGroup04-LogVol00/ alcor.umassmed.edu:/mnt/VolGroup04-LogVol00/
### BIG 3
0 22 * * 0-4    rsync -a --exclude "cache/" --exclude "*.o" -e ssh /mnt/VolGroup01-LogVol00/ alcor.umassmed.edu:/mnt/VolGroup01-LogVol00/
0 0 * * 6    rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded --exclude "cache/" --exclude "*.o" -e ssh /mnt/VolGroup01-LogVol00/ alcor.umassmed.edu:/mnt/VolGroup01-LogVol00/
### BIG 4
30 23 * * 0-4    rsync -a --exclude "cache/" --exclude "*.o" -e ssh /mnt/VolGroup02-LogVol00/ alcor.umassmed.edu:/mnt/VolGroup02-LogVol00/
0 12 * * 6    rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded --exclude "cache/" --exclude "*.o" -e ssh /mnt/VolGroup02-LogVol00/ alcor.umassmed.edu:/mnt/VolGroup02-LogVol00/

M13.umassmed.edu

BIG0

Consists of a single 750GB Seagate drive mounted as a LVM volume. Backed up to alcor.umassmed.edu nightly at 8:30pm. The backup directory is /mnt/VolGroup05-LogVol00 on alcor.

Crontab on m13 under backuppc

 rsync -av --delete --delete-before -e "ssh -l root" /storage/big0/BackupPC/ alcor.umassmed.edu:/mnt/VolGroup05-LogVol00/BackupPC/