How is data backed up and restored?

IBM® Predictive Solutions Foundation on Cloud uses several IBM software products and each has its own backup policy. Treat the solution content packs that you develop as code and use your source code management system to retain versions and backups.

The following table shows the backup schedule for various aspects of the solution.

Table 1. Backup schedule for solution data
Data Backup type Frequency Time Retention period
Reports Full Weekly 01:00 AM Eastern time on Sunday 4 weeks
Incremental Nightly 01:00 AM Eastern time 6 days
Models Full Weekly 12:01 AM Eastern time on Sunday 4 weeks
Incremental Nightly 12:01 AM Eastern time 6 days
Analytics Solutions Manager on Cloud loaded data Full Nightly   2 days
Analytics Solutions Manager on Cloud metadata and configuration data Replication (stored in triplicate on 3 different nodes)      

During the backup window, the solution is accessible but access performance is impacted.

In the event of a system failure that causes data damage or loss, IBM will help to restore the data to the recovery time points, according to its backup policy.