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The following is an example of a Billing Summary email that a qualifying department might receive. Detailed explanations of the terminology are available in our Glossary of Terms article.
The following is an example of a Billing Summary email for a system qualifying for the >100 GB Static Data Rate. Detailed explanations of the terminology are available in our Glossary of Terms article.
The following is an example of a Billing Summary email that a departmental account representative might receive. Detailed explanations of the terminology are available in our Glossary of Terms article.
If a department has over 50 nodes registered for EZ-Backup, each node, beginning with the 51st, is charged at a reduced monthly base fee.
Departments having more than 50 nodes, which meet the qualifications below, are charged at a reduced monthly base fee of $3.50 per node, starting with the 51st…
Individual systems storing more than 100 GB of extra, very static storage (storage beyond the 50 GB of storage included in the monthly fee) are eligible for a Static Storage Discount. This discount is intended for long-term backup of reference data that almost never changes.
The base rate ($5.50/month) applies to the first 50 GB of storage. For storage above 50 GB, a lower rate of $0.02/GB is charged.
Can I use the same nodename for more than one machine?
No. (It is technically possible but neither CIT nor the vendor supports it.)
Is it possible to back up a computer with a dynamic IP address?
Yes. The EZ-Backup software is not dependent on the IP address of the client system. It uses a "…
Unfortunately, it's not possible to check the storage space used from the client side. Our billing scripts do queries on the nodes each day, drop the five highest amounts (to accommodate temporary spikes), and average the rest over the entire month to come up with the storage amount billed. So the…
To display your Policy Information (how many versions EZ-Backup keeps on the server and for how long they are kept), you can check through the ADSM or TSM Backup client.
The EZ-Backup software has both client and server level compression options. At Cornell, we force compression ON at the server. We do this to conserve network bandwidth and server storage utilization.
Only files are checked, not folders. Therefore, any volume or hard drive listed as part of the backup DOMAIN in your options or preferences file will have all of the folders in its directory structure backed up, even if the files in those directories are excluded using simple exclude statements.
EZ-Backup uses an incremental backup policy.
This means that your first backup will be a full backup of all included drives, directories, and files.
For subsequent backups only new or changed items will be backed up. (Deleted items are noted, as well.)
Initial full backups will take much longer…
Should you need to recover stored files, you can choose what file or files to restore.
You can restore the entire volume of files you have backed up.
You can select a single file, multiple files, or the desired branches of your directory tree.
The EZ-Backup software makes distinctions between the "backup/restore" function and the "archive/retrieve" function.
Under what circumstances will I get notified by email that my computer was not backed up?
How many versions and for how long are files kept/saved with EZ-Backup? For example, can I specify the number of versions of each file to keep or is it time based (keep all versions less than 30 days old)? What are the limits for this feature?
There is quite a bit of flexibility here.
Can I customize my automatic scheduled backup times, frequencies, etc.? Would I have the option of scheduling an automated backup process to run on a daily or weekly basis? Does this include choosing the start time of the backup process?
No. EZ-Backup is for faculty and staff.
We recommend that students arrange for their own backup, either to an external drive or a web-based service, or both. CIT makes no specific recommendations.
Please read the following Terms and Conditions before registering for an EZ-Backup subscription.
The electronic mailing list ezbackup-announce-l provides news and announcements about EZ-Backup to users at Cornell University. Join the list to find out about software upgrades and server downtime.
To subscribe to the list, send an email message to ezbackup-announce-l-request@cornell.edu. No…