Backup & Recovery Guide

Comprehensive backup and recovery guide for HostingCo system including automated backups, disaster recovery, and data restoration procedures.

💾 Backup Overview

The HostingCo system includes comprehensive backup and recovery capabilities to ensure data protection and business continuity.

Backup Types

Database Backups: PostgreSQL database dumps and snapshots
File Backups: Application files, configurations, and user uploads
Log Backups: System and application logs for audit trails
Configuration Backups: Environment variables and settings

🤖 Automated Backups

Backup Schedule

Daily: Incremental database backups at 2 AM
Weekly: Full database backups on Sunday at 1 AM
Monthly: Complete system backups on 1st at 12 AM
Real-time: Critical data replication to backup servers

Backup Commands

# Create immediate backup
npm run backup:create

# Schedule automated backups
npm run backup:schedule

# Verify backup integrity
npm run backup:verify

# List available backups
npm run backup:list

Recovery Procedures

Database Recovery

# Restore from latest backup
npm run backup:restore:latest

# Restore from specific date
npm run backup:restore:date 2024-05-08

# Restore to point-in-time
npm run backup:restore:pitr "2024-05-08 14:30:00"

File Recovery

# Restore application files
npm run backup:restore:files

# Restore configuration files
npm run backup:restore:config

# Restore user uploads
npm run backup:restore:uploads

Disaster Recovery

Recovery Plan

RTO (Recovery Time Objective): 4 hours for critical systems
RPO (Recovery Point Objective): 1 hour for data loss
Availability: 99.9% uptime target
Redundancy: Multi-region backup storage

Emergency Procedures

  1. Assess the extent of data loss or system failure
  2. Declare disaster recovery mode
  3. Activate backup recovery procedures
  4. Restore critical systems first
  5. Verify data integrity and functionality
  6. Resume normal operations

Backup Storage

Storage Locations

Primary Storage: Local backup server with RAID configuration
Secondary Storage: Cloud storage (AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage)
Tertiary Storage: Off-site physical backups
Encryption: All backups encrypted at rest and in transit

Storage Management

# Check storage usage
npm run backup:storage:usage

# Clean up old backups
npm run backup:cleanup

# Archive old backups
npm run backup:archive

# Verify storage integrity
npm run backup:storage:verify

Testing and Verification

Backup Testing

# Test backup restoration
npm run backup:test:restore

# Verify backup integrity
npm run backup:test:integrity

# Test disaster recovery procedures
npm run backup:test:dr

# Generate backup report
npm run backup:report

Verification Checklist

✓ Backup Completion: Verify all backups complete successfully
✓ Data Integrity: Check for data corruption or loss
✓ Restoration Test: Test restore procedures monthly
✓ Storage Verification: Confirm backup storage is accessible