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Restoring backups on newly deployed clusters can be time consuming. There are a number of procedures and checks to go through, and it is a task that lends itself to automation. This blog post shows you how to automate the entire process and deliver improvements in terms of speed, efficiency and cost.

Migrating ClusterControl to new hardware used to be a pain - you had to reinstall it on the new server, restore configuration/metadata from the old one and redo database grants so the new server can access your managed databases. Not any more! Starting with 1.7.1, it is possible to backup the ClusterControl server in one command and restore it on a new server, with data, grants and all.  This blog shows you how to do this using the s9s CLI.

A few days ago was the release of a new version of ClusterControl, the 1.7.1, with several new features, including for PostgreSQL. In this blog, we will see how to deploy PostgreSQL 11 version using ClusterControl. We’ll also check out the new backup verification feature that you can use to automatically test your backups.

This blog provides an overview of the next iteration of the agent-based monitoring features for MySQL, Galera Cluster, PostgreSQL and ProxySQL in ClusterControl with its 1.7.1 release, support for PostgreSQL 11 and MongoDB 4.0, as well as a whole range of new monitoring and backup management features for PostgreSQL … and more.

Percona XtraBackup is one of the most used tools for backing up MySQL and MariaDB databases. Mariabackup is a fork of XtraBackup, extending its functionality to support compression and at-rest encryption. In this blog, we will look at the differences between these two, and also see how we use them.

This blog provides an overview of the options available for backing up your PostgreSQL database in the cloud including ClusterControl which provides easy cloud backup sync with a graphic interface.

Backup encryption is a must if you want to store backups offsite for disaster recovery. This post will describe ways in which you can encrypt your MySQL and MariaDB backups.

Watch the replay of this webinar on Backup Management for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and MongoDB with ClusterControl. Whether you are looking at rebuilding your existing backup infrastructure, or updating it, then this webinar is for you.

In a disaster recovery plan, the amount of data you can afford to lose, also called RPO, is directly dependent on Point in Time Recovery (PITR) features of your data infrastructure.

In this blog, we will see what PITR is, when it’s needed, how to easily use it with ClusterControl; and how, when setup correctly, it is an important element of a  disaster recovery plan.

Barman is a backup and disaster recovery solution for PostgreSQL databases that allow you to achieve high business continuity requirements.