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-=======
-Backups
-=======
+========
+Back ups
+========
 
-Creating backups of database
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+For disaster recovery purposes, it is a good practice to perform regular
+backups of the database, configuration files, network information, and
+OpenStack service details in your environment. For an OpenStack cloud
+deployed using OpenStack-Ansible, back up the ``/etc/openstack_deploy/``
+directory.
 
-Content to be written. Patches welcome!
+Back up and restore the ``/etc/openstack_deploy/`` directory
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Restoring the database
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The ``/etc/openstack_deploy/`` directory contains a live
+inventory, host structure, network information, passwords, and options that
+are applied to the configuration files for each service in your OpenStack
+deployment. Back up the ``/etc/openstack_deploy/`` directory to a remote
+location.
 
-Content to be written. Patches welcome!
+To restore the ``/etc/openstack_deploy/`` directory, copy the backup of the
+directory to your cloud environment.
 
-`Backup Recovery <https://docs.openstack.org/ops-guide/ops-backup-recovery.html>`_
-
-Backup of /etc/openstack_deploy
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Save the files into a remote location. They hold live inventory, host
-structure, network information, passwords and many other variables.
-
-Restore /etc/openstack_deploy
+Database backups and recovery
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Copy the files back. Simple as that.
+MySQL data is automatically backed up. To recover the database, use the
+database backups and rebuild the Galera cluster. For more information, see
+:ref:`galera-cluster-maintenance`.