InterSystems Data Platforms and performance – VM Backups and IRIS freeze/thaw scripts

Hi, this post was initially written for Caché. In June 2023, I finally updated it for IRIS. If you are revisiting the post since then, the only real change is substituting Caché for IRIS! I also updated the links for IRIS documentation and fixed a few typos and grammatical errors. Enjoy :) In this post, I show strategies for backing up InterSystems IRIS using External Backup with examples of integrating with snapshot-based solutions. Most solutions I see today are deployed on Linux on VMware, so a lot of the post shows how solutions integrate VMware snapshot technology as examples. IRIS backup - batteries included? IRIS online backup is included with an IRIS install for uninterrupted backup of IRIS databases. But there are more efficient backup solutions you should consider as systems scale up. External Backup integrated with snapshot technologies is the recommended solution for backing up systems, including IRIS databases. Are there any special considerations for external backup? Onli