Chapter 1. Disaster recovery tools in IdM


Identity Management (IdM) provides a set of tools designed to minimize data loss and to recover from a disaster as soon as possible. You can combine these tools to build a comprehensive disaster recovery strategy that balances real-time data redundancy with point-in-time restoration capabilities.

Replication
Replication copies database contents between IdM servers. If an IdM server fails, you can replace the lost server by creating a new replica based on one of the remaining servers.
Virtual machine (VM) snapshots
A snapshot is a view of a VM’s operating system and applications on any or all available disks at a given point in time. After taking a VM snapshot, you can use it to return a VM and its IdM data to a previous state.
IdM backups
The ipa-backup utility creates a backup of an IdM server’s configuration files and its data. You can later use a backup to restore an IdM server to a previous state.
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