Scouter Analytics has three parts that should be backed up:

1. The operations database, SQLite

   This houses your services definitions, matching domains, scheduled jobs.

2. A cataloging database, SQLite

   This database is responsible for the structure of your analytical data; schemas, and migrations

3. Analytical data, Parquet files

   Analytics are stored as industry standard Apache parquet files on disk

• Backup your operational database

• Backup your catalog database and analytics