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Test restore your backups (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Went to do a test restore of one of my databases and I noticed the dump files over the last few months were all 0kb. Glad I caught it this way and not because I needed to restore. Put it on your calendar, schedule a test restore of your critical stuff a couple times a year. I know y'all are busy but it is worth the time and effort. A backup you can't actually restore isn't a backup at all.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

We do a restore test once a quarter, but we are SOC2 so we must do it. Doesn't have to restore an entire VM, just a random used file.