Backups

The Plixer Scrutinizer filesystem includes utilities that automate the process of creating or restoring system backups.

Note

• These utilities are recommended for most long-term backup scenarios, because they include all database configuration and historical data for a Plixer Scrutinizer instance. Native snapshots may still be used as a short-term recovery option when there is no need to store the data, e.g., when upgrading the instance.

• For Plixer Scrutinizer instances deployed on AWS, backups should be created and/or restored using native AWS functionality.

These utilities allow several types of backup and restore operations to be performed by the user.

• Full backups
  • Creating full backups
  • Restoring from a full backup
  • Alternative backup methods
    • Backup to a second Plixer Scrutinizer instance
    • Local backups
• Configuration backups
  • Backing up configuration data
  • Restoring configuration data
• Certificate utilities
• Migration
  • Pre-migration requirements
  • Configuration migrations
  • Data migrations
  • Backup migrations
  • Post-migration