From ae2c32c752f817b8b0613c2e4624921d12887b4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Morrison Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:01:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] adds info on user home dir snapshot backups --- data/user_centric.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/data/user_centric.rst b/data/user_centric.rst index 46cd03da..d84bcfdd 100644 --- a/data/user_centric.rst +++ b/data/user_centric.rst @@ -66,6 +66,27 @@ permissions on their home directories, although it is recommended that permissions be set to as restrictive as possible (without interfering with your work). +User Home Backups +----------------- + +If you accidentally delete files from your home directory, you may be able to +retrieve them. Online backups are performed at regular intervals. Hourly +backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the last 7 days, and once +weekly backups are available. It is possible that the deleted files are +available in one of those backups. The backup directories are named +``hourly.*``, ``daily.*``, and ``weekly.*`` where ``*`` is the date/time stamp +of backup creation. For example, ``hourly.2020-01-01-0905`` is an hourly backup +made on January 1st, 2020 at 9:05 AM. + +The backups are accessed via the ``.snapshot`` subdirectory. Note that ``ls`` +alone (or even ``ls -a``) will not show the ``.snapshot`` subdirectory exists, +though ``ls .snapshot`` will show its contents. The ``.snapshot`` feature is +available in any subdirectory of your home directory and will show the online +backups available for that subdirectory. + +To retrieve a backup, simply copy it into your desired destination with the +``cp`` command. + User Website Directory ---------------------- From 6904da5da8c8e3498136e48d3d2f6d8618d9aa32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Morrison Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:02:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] adds info on project home dir snapshot backups --- data/project_centric.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/data/project_centric.rst b/data/project_centric.rst index a11d494f..5b82707f 100644 --- a/data/project_centric.rst +++ b/data/project_centric.rst @@ -46,6 +46,26 @@ should also be members of that group-specific project. For example, all members of project “ABC123” should be members of the “abc123” UNIX group. +Project Home Backups +--------------------- +If you accidentally delete files from your project home directory, you may be +able to retrieve them. Online backups are performed at regular intervals. +Hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the last 7 days, and +once weekly backups are available. It is possible that the deleted files are +available in one of those backups. The backup directories are named +``hourly.*``, ``daily.*``, and ``weekly.*`` where ``*`` is the date/time stamp +of backup creation. For example, ``hourly.2020-01-01-0905`` is an hourly backup +made on January 1st, 2020 at 9:05 AM. + +The backups are accessed via the ``.snapshot`` subdirectory. Note that ``ls`` +alone (or even ``ls -a``) will not show the ``.snapshot`` subdirectory exists, +though ``ls .snapshot`` will show its contents. The ``.snapshot`` feature is +available in any subdirectory of your project home directory and will show the +online backups available for that subdirectory. + +To retrieve a backup, simply copy it into your desired destination with the +``cp`` command. + Project Work Areas =================== From 8d6ef9c7eb5ef302ba3b09a82f118da4782f1623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Morrison Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:32:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] typo correction --- data/project_centric.rst | 2 +- data/user_centric.rst | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/data/project_centric.rst b/data/project_centric.rst index 5b82707f..3cb8c09d 100644 --- a/data/project_centric.rst +++ b/data/project_centric.rst @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Project Home Backups If you accidentally delete files from your project home directory, you may be able to retrieve them. Online backups are performed at regular intervals. Hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the last 7 days, and -once weekly backups are available. It is possible that the deleted files are +once-weekly backups are available. It is possible that the deleted files are available in one of those backups. The backup directories are named ``hourly.*``, ``daily.*``, and ``weekly.*`` where ``*`` is the date/time stamp of backup creation. For example, ``hourly.2020-01-01-0905`` is an hourly backup diff --git a/data/user_centric.rst b/data/user_centric.rst index d84bcfdd..81e311aa 100644 --- a/data/user_centric.rst +++ b/data/user_centric.rst @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ User Home Backups If you accidentally delete files from your home directory, you may be able to retrieve them. Online backups are performed at regular intervals. Hourly -backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the last 7 days, and once -weekly backups are available. It is possible that the deleted files are +backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the last 7 days, and +once-weekly backups are available. It is possible that the deleted files are available in one of those backups. The backup directories are named ``hourly.*``, ``daily.*``, and ``weekly.*`` where ``*`` is the date/time stamp of backup creation. For example, ``hourly.2020-01-01-0905`` is an hourly backup From 8d96598dd7996ac562649904e2dec166c47d88af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Morrison Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:36:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Adds user home and proj home paths for clarity --- data/project_centric.rst | 18 ++++++++++-------- data/user_centric.rst | 17 +++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/data/project_centric.rst b/data/project_centric.rst index 3cb8c09d..289d801d 100644 --- a/data/project_centric.rst +++ b/data/project_centric.rst @@ -48,14 +48,16 @@ group. Project Home Backups --------------------- -If you accidentally delete files from your project home directory, you may be -able to retrieve them. Online backups are performed at regular intervals. -Hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the last 7 days, and -once-weekly backups are available. It is possible that the deleted files are -available in one of those backups. The backup directories are named -``hourly.*``, ``daily.*``, and ``weekly.*`` where ``*`` is the date/time stamp -of backup creation. For example, ``hourly.2020-01-01-0905`` is an hourly backup -made on January 1st, 2020 at 9:05 AM. + +If you accidentally delete files from your project home directory +(``/ccs/proj/[projid]``), you may be able to retrieve them. Online backups +are performed at regular intervals. Hourly backups for the past 24 hours, +daily backups for the last 7 days, and once-weekly backups are available. It is +possible that the deleted files are available in one of those backups. The +backup directories are named ``hourly.*``, ``daily.*``, and ``weekly.*`` where +``*`` is the date/time stamp of backup creation. For example, +``hourly.2020-01-01-0905`` is an hourly backup made on January 1st, 2020 at +9:05 AM. The backups are accessed via the ``.snapshot`` subdirectory. Note that ``ls`` alone (or even ``ls -a``) will not show the ``.snapshot`` subdirectory exists, diff --git a/data/user_centric.rst b/data/user_centric.rst index 81e311aa..b895ca4e 100644 --- a/data/user_centric.rst +++ b/data/user_centric.rst @@ -69,14 +69,15 @@ work). User Home Backups ----------------- -If you accidentally delete files from your home directory, you may be able to -retrieve them. Online backups are performed at regular intervals. Hourly -backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the last 7 days, and -once-weekly backups are available. It is possible that the deleted files are -available in one of those backups. The backup directories are named -``hourly.*``, ``daily.*``, and ``weekly.*`` where ``*`` is the date/time stamp -of backup creation. For example, ``hourly.2020-01-01-0905`` is an hourly backup -made on January 1st, 2020 at 9:05 AM. +If you accidentally delete files from your home directory +(``/ccs/home/$USER``), you may be able to retrieve them. Online backups are +performed at regular intervals. Hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily +backups for the last 7 days, and once-weekly backups are available. It is +possible that the deleted files are available in one of those backups. The +backup directories are named ``hourly.*``, ``daily.*``, and ``weekly.*`` where +``*`` is the date/time stamp of backup creation. For example, +``hourly.2020-01-01-0905`` is an hourly backup made on January 1st, 2020 at +9:05 AM. The backups are accessed via the ``.snapshot`` subdirectory. Note that ``ls`` alone (or even ``ls -a``) will not show the ``.snapshot`` subdirectory exists,