Back Up Eucalyptus Cloud Data

Back Up Cloud Data

This section explains what you need to back up and protect your cloud data.We recommend that you back up the following data:

• The cloud database: see
• Object storage. For objects in Walrus, the frequency depends on current load. Use your own discretion to determine the backup plan and strategy. You must have Walrus running.
• EBS volumes in each cluster (DAS and Overlay)
• The configuration file for the cloud is stored on the CLC: .
• Any configuration file for the cloud stored on any other host (UFS, CC, etc.): .
• The cloud security credentials on all hosts (you already backed up the CLC keys as part of the database backup). Use the tar command: .
• The CC and NC configuration files, stored on every CC and NC: .
• Any Euca2ools (.ini) configuration files, which reside on any Euca2ools host machine. Files can be found in:
• Management Console config files in should be backed up. Typical files:
• Ensure you have your instances’ so you can access the instances later.
• and LVM snapshots Users are responsible for volume backups using EBS snapshots on their defined schedules.