Best solution for Jenkins backup and restore

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Hello All,

I have been surfing around for this stuff for quite sometime and till now
couldn't find a plugin that does this job seamlessly. I tried these
options - SCM Sync Configuration plugin
<https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/SCM+Sync+configuration+plugin>, ThinBackup
plugin <https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/thinBackup> and PeriodicBackup
plugin <https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/PeriodicBackup+Plugin>.


PeriodicBackup plugin seemed nice as it was giving option for full backup
which is what we are also looking for. But, it doesn't seem to work
properly. As per the backup configuration I limited it to 5 maximum
backups and 5 days to store the backup. But, it doesn't stop with 5. It
keeps adding the new ones as per cron, but not deleting the old ones.
Also, the restoration doesn't work at all.


But, with ThinBackup and SCM Sync Configuration plugins we have a
limitation of not being able to backup the entire JENKINS_HOME folder.


Does anybody have a best possible solution for this? I had couple of
suggestions for rsync. But, wondering if that's the only way to do it or
if there's any other easier backup/restore option that am missing.