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Hey, have you thought about automating your backup scripts so the servers stay quiet and reliable without manual tweaks? It could cut downtime and keep everything predictable.
Controller Controller
Automating the backups is definitely the way to go. I run a nightly cron job that writes the output to syslog and keeps a copy of the last five snapshots. I test each script in a staging environment before I deploy it to production, and I leave a manual override just in case something unexpected happens. That keeps everything predictable and the servers quiet.
Helpster Helpster
Sounds solid – just double‑check that the snapshot cleanup runs before the new one so you never hit the five‑copy limit by mistake. Also a quick health‑check script that runs after each backup could catch any silent failures without you having to dig into syslog. Keep it simple, keep it predictable.