Veritas CloudPoint Administrator's Guide

To back up CloudPoint when it is deployed in a cloud

1. Sign out of the CloudPoint user interface (UI).
2. Stop CloudPoint services.

   Use the following command:

   # sudo docker run -it --rm
   -v /full_path_to_volume_name:
   /full_path_to_volume_name 
   -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
   veritas/flexsnap-cloudpoint:version stop

   Here, version represents the currently installed CloudPoint product version.

   For example:

   # sudo docker run -it --rm -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock veritas/flexsnap-cloudpoint:2.0.1.5300 stop

   Note:

   This is a single command. Ensure that you enter the command without any line breaks.

   Use the following API to determine CloudPoint version installed and configured on your setup:

   # curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $token" -X GET -k https://localhost/cloudpoint/api/v3/version

   Use the following API to get the CloudPoint authentication token:

   # curl -k -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' -d '{"email": "<email>", "password": "<pass>" }' -k https://localhost/cloudpoint/api/v3/idm/login/

3. Make sure that all CloudPoint containers are stopped. This step is important because all activity and connections to and from CloudPoint must be stopped to get a consistent CloudPoint backup.

   Enter the following:

   # docker ps | grep veritas

   This command should not return any actively running CloudPoint containers.

4. (Optional) If you still see any active containers, repeat step 3. If that does not work, run the following command on each active container:

   # docker kill container_name

   For example:

   # docker kill flexsnap-api

5. After all the containers are stopped, take a snapshot of the volume on which you installed CloudPoint. Use the cloud provider's snapshot tools.
6. After the snapshot completes, restart CloudPoint services.

   Use the following command:

   # sudo docker run -it --rm -v /full_path_to_volume_name:
   /full_path_to_volume_name 
   -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
   veritas/flexsnap-cloudpoint:version start

   Here, version represents the currently installed CloudPoint product version.

   For example:

   # sudo docker run -it --rm -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock veritas/flexsnap-cloudpoint:2.0.1.5300 start

   Note:

   This is a single command. Ensure that you enter the command without any line breaks.

To backup CloudPoint when it is deployed on-premise

1. Sign out of the CloudPoint user interface (UI).
2. Stop CloudPoint services.

   Use the following command:

   # sudo docker run -it --rm
   -v /full_path_to_volume_name:/full_path_to_volume_name 
   -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
   veritas/flexsnap-cloudpoint:version stop

   # sudo docker run -it --rm

   Here, version represents the currently installed CloudPoint product version.

   For example:

   # sudo docker run -it --rm -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock veritas/flexsnap-cloudpoint:2.0.1.5300 stop

   Note:

   This is a single command. Ensure that you enter the command without any line breaks.

3. Make sure that all CloudPoint containers are stopped. This step is important because all activity and connections to and from CloudPoint must be stopped to get a consistent CloudPoint backup.

   Enter the following:

   # docker ps | grep veritas

   This command should not return any actively running CloudPoint containers.

4. (Optional) If you still see any active containers, repeat step 3. If that does not work, run the following command on each active container:

   # docker kill container_name

   For example:

   # docker kill flexsnap-api

5. Back up the folder /cloudpoint. Use any backup method you prefer.

   For example:

   # tar -czvf cloudpoint_dr.tar.gz /cloudpoint

   This command creates a compressed archive file named cloudpoint_dr.tar.gz that contains the data in the /cloudpoint directory.