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+title: OpenVZ + BackupPC
+linktitle: ovzbpc
+parent: projects
+ctime: 2008-06-09
+mtime: 2009-12-16
+
+Repositories: [ovzbpc](/gitweb/?p=ovzbpc.git;a=summary).
+
+# TMI backup strategy
+
+TMI hosts its compute resources in [OpenVZ](http://www.openvz.org) Virtual
+Environments (VE) running on a cluster of Dell PE1800 servers.  The contents
+of each VE, as well as the servers hosting them, are backed up using
+[BackupPC](http://backuppc.sourceforge.net).  Periodically, a clone of the
+BackupPC disk archive is made on one of a pool of external eSATA drives, which
+are rotated off-site for disaster recovery.  TMI has authored a few program
+scripts which integrate these backup components.
+
+* `BackupPC_ovz` allows an OpenVZ VE to be backed up and restored via BackupPC
+  without special configuration of the VE, nor with BackupPC being told on
+  which hardware node the VE is running.  See the
+  [README](/gitweb/?p=ovzbpc.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD) for more
+  information.
+
+* `bpcdump` and friends support cloning the BackupPC VE to a removeable eSATA
+  drive for disaster recovery.  See [README.bpcdump](/gitweb/?p=ovzbpc.git;a=blob;f=README.bpcdump;hb=HEAD)
+  for more information.
+
+* `esata` wraps the `scsiadd` utility for properly handling eSATA drives on
+  Dell PE1800 and PE1900 platforms.  Newer hardware and better Linux kernel
+  support will someday make scripts like this unnecessary.  See
+  [README.esata](/gitweb/?p=ovzbpc.git;a=blob;f=README.esata;hb=HEAD)
+  for more information.