Manage and back up Shared Storage

Zerops Shared Storage provides several web interfaces to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot your storage, and automated encrypted backups of your data.

Web interfaces

The web interfaces are accessible through the Zerops VPN.

Filer UI

• http://<storage-service-hostname>.zerops:8888

A web-based interface for managing files and directories:

• Browse the directory structure and create new directories
• Upload new files (up to 64MB per file) and download existing files
• Rename and delete files and directories

Master UI

• http://node-stable-1.db.<storage-service-hostname>.zerops:9333

System status and monitoring information:

• View cluster topology
• Monitor volume servers
• Check system status and health
• View statistics and metrics

Volume UI

• http://node-stable-<node-number>.db.<storage-service-hostname>.zerops:8080/ui/index.html

Monitoring of individual storage volumes:

• View volume status
• Check disk usage
• Monitor I/O operations
• View volume statistics

Monitoring

Several options are available to help you monitor your Shared Storage:

• Runtime service logs: navigate to your runtime service detail page, open the Runtime Logs section, and filter using the tag zerops-mount-<service-hostname> (standard output and error of the mount process)
• Shared Storage logs: access from the Shared Storage service detail page, Runtime Logs tab
• System and volume status: monitor replication status, disk usage, and performance metrics through the Master UI and Volume UI

Backups

Zerops provides automated data backup for Shared Storage services with full encryption.

For general backup information including configuration, scheduling, retention, tagging, quotas, and CLI tools, see the Zerops Backups documentation.

Backup format

Shared Storage backups are created using tar archival:

• Format: .tar.gz (archive of the directory contents)
• Content: the entire shared volume (/mnt/<storage-hostname>)
• Storage: encrypted and stored in isolated object storage

Restoring backups

To restore a Shared Storage backup:

1. Download the backup file (.tar.gz) from the Zerops UI.
2. Transfer the archive into a runtime service that has the shared storage connected, for example over the Zerops VPN.
3. Extract the archive into the mount directory from within the runtime container:

tar -xzf backup.tar.gz -C /mnt/<storage-hostname>

Note

Do not restore by uploading files through the Filer UI. Uploads there are limited to 64MB per file, so extracting the archive directly into the mounted directory is the reliable path.

Best practices

• Regularly clean up unnecessary files from your Shared Storage to reduce backup size
• Create manual backups with protected tags before major file operations or migrations
• Test your restore process periodically to ensure data integrity