Monitor Backups

Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation

Note

The information in this section applies to Backup V2. Refer to Check Current Backup Tool for information on how to check your current backup framework.

Backup Log Location

A single log file is created per day and log rotation happens every 5 days (default).

Version 2021.3.x and Newer

The Backup V2 log file alation_backup.log is located at /opt/alation/site/logs/ (path inside the Alation shell).

Versions 2020.3.x - 2021.2.x

The Backup V2 log file alation_backup.log is located at /var/log/ (path inside the Alation shell).

Backup Health Check

For Server Admins to recieve alerts about backup failure, enable Health Check monitoring on your instance. See Configuring Server Health Alerts for Administrators. An alert on the backup health is one of the admin alerts that can be enabled.

Note

If incremental backup fails, the staging files in /pgbackup should be cleared manually before performing the next backup.

Backup Status API

You can use the read-only Backup Status API to check the backup status. To call the API, use the following URLs:

• The latest backup process: <your_alation_URL>/monitor/backup_status/

• Last 10 backups: <your_alation_URL>/monitor/backup_status/all.