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Assuming acceptable data loss of approximately 1 hour, incremental backups should be performed each hour, with a full backup performed each day. Backups shall be retained for a period of 7 calendar days^*.

Running the Scripts

NOTE Backups are configured via ARM Deployment and Custom Script Extensions. These instructions can be used to modify existing backup settings, or manually add backups when an approach changes.

Enable Point-in-Time Recovery on ArcGIS Data Store

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1. On a workstation (not the VM hosting the data store), start Windows PowerShell.

2. Set the execution policy to allow running unsigned scripts.

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   Set-EcecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force

3. Connect to Azure. Enter appropriate login credentials at the login window.

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   Connect-AzureRMAccount

4. Run the script to configure ArcGIS Enterprise site backups:

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   .\CreateBackupCustomScriptExtension.ps1 ` -ResourceGroupName <resource group name> ` -VMName <VM name> ` -Location <location> -ScriptStorageAccountName <script storage account name> ` -ScriptStorageAccountKey <script storage account key> ` -BackupStorageAccountName <backup storage account name> ` -BackupStorageAccountKey <backup storage account key> ` -PortalAdminURL <portal admin URL> ` -PortalAdminUserName portal admin user name> ` -PortalAdminPassword <portal admin password>`

5. Verify that the script executed successfully. The output should appear as follows:

   

6. Further verify that the backup jobs are configured correctly. Log on the to VM hosting the Poral. Open the Task Scheduler, and verify that the backup scheduled tasks have been created:

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^*determine data loss and retention requirements from Dominic