Backups and retention

Data retention

Wheel Fudo PAM implements two stage data retention. First data is moved from the internal storage to the external storage connected over fiber channel interface. After defined time period session data is automatically deleted.

To enable data retention service, proceed as follows.

  1. Select Settings > Backups and retention.
  2. Select Moving session data to external storage enabled option in the Data retention section.
  3. Define how long data will be stored locally before it is moved to the external storage.
  4. Select Session data removal enabled option to have the data automatically removed after specified time period.
  5. Define how long data will be stored before being deleted.

Note

Global retention parameter values have lower priority than the values set in the accounts.

  1. Click Save.

System backup

Warning

Data backup contains confidential information.

Data stored on Wheel Fudo PAM can be backed up on an external server running rsync service. Backup service has to be enabled on Wheel Fudo PAM and requires uploading external server’s public SSH key, to authorize access to Wheel Fudo PAM.

Automated data backup requires configuring rsync service on a remote server and granting access rights to data stored on Wheel Fudo PAM by uploading to Wheel Fudo PAM server’s public SSH key.

Note

Sessions data is stored on a compressed file system with compression ratio of up to 12:1. Data is decompressed upon being copied by rsync thus it will occupy more space on the target server than indicated by Wheel Fudo PAM storage usage. Make sure there is enough storage space on the target server to store uncompressed data.

To enable automated backups service, proceed as follows.

  1. Select Settings > Backups and retention.
  2. Select Enabled option in the System backup section.
  3. Click Add SSH public key.
  4. Paste or upload public SSH key of a user defined on the backup server.
  5. Click Save.
  1. Run rsync on the backup server:

rsync -avze ssh backup@fudo_ip_address:/ <destination_folder>

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Restoring system from backup

System restore service is provided by Wheelsystems technical support department on terms agreed in the SLA.

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