Chapter 7. Database Backup and Restore

Data being critical in every enterprise IT, it needs to be protected. This protection is done at various levels, by creating a cluster/replica to ensure more than one hot/warm copy of the data exists.

In order to have a cold copy of the data for disaster recovery, a database backup is normally taken. Database backups and restore are possibly one of the most important operational tasks of a DBA. Trove helps automate the entire process, from backing it up, encrypting data at rest, and also restoring the backup. Trove also supports incremental backups of your databases and supports creating a new instance from an existing backup.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Formulating a backup and recovery ...

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