Should the backup/restore feature be available in production?

[mayrmartin]

As of now the root user can create and restore backups in production mode. Both backup & restore cause a downtime of the system and therefore can restrict other users' productivity.
Further, there might be a security concern regarding backup and restoration. Once the backup gets restored the whole data on the chain gets replaced by the data provided by the backup (more information can be found here). This could result in a security issue. There are several ways to overcome this issue i.e.

• Disable the backup / restore functionality in production mode => backup/restore can only be executed in dev or maintenance mode.
• Remove backup & restore functionality entirely from TruBudget and hand over the responsibility to the operational team. This option could be the more viable one since every organization might have a different backup strategy & this option enables all organizations to use their favorite or already implemented strategy. Furthermore, the software itself should not be responsible for backups. The responsibility for backups should lie on the operating team.