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Message ID: 744     Entry time: Mon Aug 3 12:23:03 2026
Author: Pooyan 
Type: Infrastructure 
Category: CDS 
Subject: Cymac backup schedule 

Backup plan for the CyMAC machine:

Cymac

  • Full image backup
    • Every Saturday at 3:00 am
    • One image for the whole machine. can be copied to a new disk and booted.
    • Only one version is kept
    • uses abb-cli on cymac. It’s the Synology agent script
    • Controlled by the Synology Active Backup for Business, Available in Scribe’s apps.
    • Image files are stored at `/volume1/ActiveBackupforBusiness/ActiveBackupData/Server-cymac-controls-Default` on Scribe
  • Things that will be periodically zipped and backed-up to Scribe
    • controls home directory
    • `/etc/advligorts/`
    • `/opt/`
    • Done weekly on Sundays at 4:00 am
    • Script at /opt/backup/weekly_zip.sh
    • cronjob at /etc/cron.d/cron.cymac
  • Things that will be periodically rsynced in the archive mode
    • `/frames`
    • Every night at 1 am
    • script at `/opt/backups`
    • cronjob at `/etc/cron.d/cron.cymac`
  • Biweekly purge of the raw frame files from the source (cymac)
    • on the 1st and the 15th of the month at 2:00 am

Schedule for Scribe:

  • Empty recycle bin every night at 1:00 am
    • Files that have been deleted more that 7 days ago will be permanently deleted
    • This is set in Synology control panel
  • Remove raw frames older than 2 months (60 days)
    • Script at /opt/backup/raw_purge.sh
      • Removes files from /volume1/Backups/cymac/full/
    • Runs every night at midnight to remove any raw frames older than 60 days
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