Backup of Analytics Data can be scheduled to be stored in the format and time frame as specified. This feature is used to improve performance by managing memory. Since the data stored based on minutes/hours occupy a larger memory space than it takes to store data in days.
After setting values, click the Start Monitor button to start the scheduled backup of analytics data.
- The Save option helps to save the configuration set. The analysis based on this configuration can be started any time.
- The Stop Monitor button stops the scheduled backup of analytics data.
Once the configurations are saved, notice the related logs in the Logs section.
| Property | Description |
| Server Group | The environment from which the data needs to be backed up. |
| Enable Analytics Backup Aggregation Monitor | Enables to configure Scheduling. |
| PostSQL Installation bin path | Location of the "bin" directory in the Postgre installation path. |
| Backup Folder Path | Location where the backup data needs to be stored. |
| No. of months to retain Minute-wise | Data pertaining to those months that needs to be backed up on the basis of minutes. |
| No. of months to retain Hourly | Data pertaining to those months that needs to be backed up on the basis of hours. |
| No. of months to retain Daily | Data pertaining to those months that needs to be backed up on the basis of days. |
| Schedule every | The number of month's interval when the data needs to be backed up. |
| Day of Month | The day of the month (based on the Schedule every property value) when the data back up needs to be scheduled to start. |
| Time of Day(format HH:mm) | The time of the day (based on the Day of Month property value) when the data back up needs to be scheduled to start. |
Backup Analytics Data page with sample values entered
Example
Consider to schedule the analytics data backup on the 18th of every month with the following values (refer the figure above):
Server Group - Production
Enable Analytics Backup Aggregation Monitor - Enabled
PostSQL Installation bin path - /usr/pgsql-9.6/bin
Backup Folder Path - /root/APIBackups
No. of months to retain Minute-wise - 2
No. of months to retain Hourly - 3
No. of months to retain Daily - 4
Schedule every - 1
Day of Month - 18
Time of Day(format HH:mm) - 12:31
Assuming that this is configured on the month of November (scheduled for the 18th of December), data will be backed up and are available for generating reports in the following manner:
October and November - Minutes
July, August, and September - Hours
March, April, May, and June - Daily
Till March - Monthly