Filed with Developers Backup Cycles [Case 56373]

[ClookNETAlec]

Hi,

Simple request - hopefully I'll be able to explain it well by illustrating the following *simple* scenario:

First of each month = Take a monthly archive of each account
Sunday of each month = Take a weekly archive of each account
Every night = Take a daily archive of each account


PROBLEM:

On Sunday nights when the archive is created, it is stored as both the daily archive and the weekly archive.

Now, let's assume that a customer's website is hacked on Sunday afternoon and they don't realize this until after the backup cycle. If we're towards the end of the month they will only be able to restore from the 1st of the month archive as both the weekly and daily archives will included the hacked data.


SOLUTION:

Would it be possible to implement a more robust backup cycle system that will allow something like:

Monthly backups will always be 30 days older than Daily Backups
Weekly backups will always be 7 days older than Daily Backups
Daily backups are taken every day

(Disclaimer: Our company already have much more robust backup solutions in place, however, we would still see the benefits of this enhanced functionalit.y)

[cPanelDon]

Hi,

Simple request - hopefully I'll be able to explain it well by illustrating the following *simple* scenario:

First of each month = Take a monthly archive of each account
Sunday of each month = Take a weekly archive of each account
Every night = Take a daily archive of each account


PROBLEM:

On Sunday nights when the archive is created, it is stored as both the daily archive and the weekly archive.

Now, let's assume that a customer's website is hacked on Sunday afternoon and they don't realize this until after the backup cycle. If we're towards the end of the month they will only be able to restore from the 1st of the month archive as both the weekly and daily archives will included the hacked data.


SOLUTION:

Would it be possible to implement a more robust backup cycle system that will allow something like:

Monthly backups will always be 30 days older than Daily Backups
Weekly backups will always be 7 days older than Daily Backups
Daily backups are taken every day

(Disclaimer: Our company already have much more robust backup solutions in place, however, we would still see the benefits of this enhanced functionalit.y)

I believe I may not fully understand the solution that was detailed; please consider the following:

1. What behavior should occur when daily backups are generated on the same day that weekly and or monthly backups are scheduled?
2. What method should be used to guarantee that weekly backups taken on a specific day each week (e.g., Sunday) will always be 7 days older than the latest daily backups generated every day?
3. What method should be used to guarantee that monthly backups taken on a specific day each month (e.g., the first day of the month) will always be 30 days older than the latest daily backups generated every day?

The described enhancement appears similar to the following feature request:

• Align weekly and monthly backups to specific day of week and specific day of month - cPanel Forums

Does the aforementioned feature request meet your requirements?