Corporate Compliance & ReportingPurpose
1.2. Automating data retention protects essential sales, inventory, personnel, finance, and customer datasets from loss or tampering, fulfilling federal, state, and OEM reporting standards.
1.3. Provide rapid restoration of dealership operations after incidents using automated periodic back ups to secure locations and automated versioning/file consistency checks.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Completion of specific corporate compliance tasks, e.g., monthly close, automates an on-demand back up.
2.3. Manual initiation for ad hoc automated back up, e.g., before major system updates or audits.
2.4. Detection of system threats or anomalies triggers immediate automated back up workflows.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Automate file sync and store using "OneDrive API: /drive/root:/backup:/children" with OAuth2. Configure directory path, schedule, and retention policy.
3.2. Google Drive
• Feature/Setting: Automate uploads with "Drive API: files.create" and authentication; assign team folder and expiry date.
3.3. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: Automate batch back up via "Dropbox API: /files/upload" or /files/upload_session; set folder naming schema by date/department.
3.4. Amazon S3
• Feature/Setting: Automate with "S3: PutObject" and lifecycle configuration for regular rotation/deletion; use IAM for access control.
3.5. Box
• Feature/Setting: Automate file sends with "Box Content API: /files/upload"; configure folder structure, automated notifications on completion.
3.6. SharePoint
• Feature/Setting: Automate document library back up using "SharePoint REST API: /_api/web/folders", configure site and permissions.
3.7. AWS Backup
• Feature/Setting: Automate policies using "AWS Backup API: StartBackupJob", select dealership databases/VMs.
3.8. Azure Blob
• Feature/Setting: Automate backups via “Put Blob REST API,” configure container name and SAS tokens.
3.9. Google Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automate using "storage.objects.insert," manage bucket naming conventions and automate retention rules.
3.10. Datto
• Feature/Setting: Automate workstation/server image back ups with configuration profiles using “Datto API: createBackup”.
3.11. Veeam Backup & Replication
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled repository jobs with “Start-VBRJob” PowerShell, target dealership servers.
3.12. Backblaze B2
• Feature/Setting: Automate with “B2 API: b2_upload_file”, set up keypairs and periodic automator scripts.
3.13. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automate S3-compatible push with “PutObject”, schedule with custom automator triggers.
3.14. VMware vSphere
• Feature/Setting: Automate VM backups using "vSphere API: CreateSnapshot", delete after transfer success.
3.15. Oracle Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Automate database and file store back up with "OCI ObjectStorage: PutObject", automate versioning.
3.16. IBM Cloud Object Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automate with "IBM COS SDK: put_object", schedule policy for regulatory compliance.
3.17. Synology NAS
• Feature/Setting: Automate using “Hyper Backup Task Scheduler,” configure source directories and remote sync.
3.18. Nextcloud
• Feature/Setting: Automate command-line/data folder upload using OCC/WebDAV API, configure user access and audit logs.
3.19. Cyberduck CLI
• Feature/Setting: Automate headless backup jobs to cloud or SFTP, using schedule and credential storage.
3.20. FTP/SFTP Server
• Feature/Setting: Automate periodic file transfers with “lftp” or similar CLI automator, encrypt transfer, verify checksum.
Benefits
4.2. Automation reduces manual effort and the risk of human error in the back up process.
4.3. Enhances corporate risk management, automating quick data recovery scenarios.
4.4. Enables automated, auditable logs of each back up, supporting oversight and reporting mandates.
4.5. Automated back up accelerates investigation, retrieval, and continuity during cyber incidents or system issues.