Automating application-consistent Amazon EBS Snapshots for InterSystems IRIS databases
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This article discusses how to automate the creation of application-consistent Amazon EBS snapshots for InterSystems IRIS databases running on AWS EC2 instances. The key points are:
Specifically, the article covers:
- Prerequisites like installing AWS Systems Manager Agent and having code to freeze/thaw the IRIS database
- Creating an AWS Systems Manager document with pre-script and post-script commands to freeze/thaw the IRIS database
- Creating an Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager policy to automate snapshot creation while executing the pre/post scripts
- Validating that the snapshots created are application-consistent by checking snapshot tags
- Conclusion highlighting the benefits of using this approach like cost savings and high performance with Fast Snapshot Restore
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