Currently implemented functions as they appear to me:
- Single Point to Backup (System --> Backup) for two global assets:
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Configuration Backup
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Data Backup
noticeable deficits about Configuration Backup:
- no transparency about what type of configuration is backed up
- only configuration possibility for a number of backup sets
Proposal for Configuration Backup
- Option 1 (min): Differentiated presentation of the saved system configurations, structured according to the submenu structure “System” and additionally the saved configurations of the individual applications/modules
- Option 2 (max): Differentiated choice of the system configurations to be saved, structured according to the submenu structure “System” and additionally the saved configurations of the individual applications/modules
noticeable deficits about Data Backup:
- no transparency about which data are backed up
- Configuration only via path selection
- No application/module-related configuration with consideration of dependencies
Proposal for Data Backup
- application/module-related configuration under consideration of dependencies
- Possibility for module or application-specific selection
- Alternative: Complete backup with the option to select when restoring - see below
- Two different places for Restore
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Restoring of configurations inside the Backup-GUI
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Restoring of data inside the module “Restore Data”
noticeable deficits about Restore:
- no single point to restore either configuration as well as data
- no option to restore a specific configuration (only VPN or only User & Groups …), only all or nothing
- only limited options for selecting data to be restored
- the possibility of path selection or selection via regex requires high expertise and is error-prone
Proposal for restoring
- a uniform GUI for all restore functionalities
- Ability to select the configurations and data to be restored by selecting the modules or applications concerned
Best regards, Marko