Database backup and restore tool: do regular backups?

Question

As a new feature of Sophos Enterprise Console Version 5.1, Sophos
delivers the DataBackupRestore.exe program "to backup and restore your
management server's data and configuration" (Article ID: 114299).

My question: is this tool only meant to do backups before upgrades, or
would it be a good idea to use this tool do regular backups (weekly or
so)? I think that the docs do not say anything on this.

Tx, Thomas

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QC · Accepted Answer

Hello Thomas, would it be worth the effort actually it's not much effort as you have file level backups (with, I assume versioning and expiration) in place. Simply schedule a (daily or weekly) task to run DataBackupRestore at an appropriate time and make sure your backups include the files in C:\ProgramData\Sophos\ManagementServer\Backup . As an aside, for our less complex virtual servers (and where a complete recovery to the point of failure is not necessary) we have a hybrid strategy to minimize backup and recovery time: Back up only the essential files (like SEC's backups and IIS configuration) required to rebuild from scratch or to correct an application problem. To quickly recover from major incidents (but not total disasters) we regularly take a "snapshot" of the live (but momentarily "frozen") systems which when booted looks like a stop (e.g. power failure). The OS has no problem to recover from such a failure and the applications normally can deal with it as well. Christian :47902