Doc | Add information about backup_json.log

ff708278 · Priyan Sureshbabu · Achilleas Pipinellis · 06d1fdb4 · ff708278
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@@ -1069,6 +1069,14 @@ For Omnibus GitLab installations, Praefect logs are in `/var/log/gitlab/praefect

 GitLab also tracks [Prometheus metrics for Praefect](gitaly/#monitor-gitaly-cluster).

+## Backup log
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+> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/63832) in GitLab 14.1.
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+For Omnibus installations, the backup log is located at `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/backup_json.log`.
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+This log is populated when a [GitLab backup is created](../raketasks/backup_restore.md#back-up-gitlab). You can use this log to understand how the backup process performed.
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 ## Performance bar stats

 > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/48149) in GitLab 13.7.