Backing Up Airwave; Viewing And Downloading Backups; Running Backup On Demand; Restoring From A Backup - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

The version-specific script will deploy all needed files, update the database, perform any data migrations, and
restart the AirWave services.

Backing Up AirWave

AirWave creates nightly archives of all relational data, statistical data, and log files. This occurs by default at 4:15
AM, but is configurable on the AMP Setup > General page under Nightly Maintenance Time.
Although AirWave only keeps the last four sets of archives, the archives can be downloaded manually or
automatically off-site for more extensive backup strategies. AirWave creates one data backup file each night. The
data backup file contains all of the device and group information as well as historical data and system files,
including IP address, NTP information, mail relay hosts, and other AirWave settings.

Viewing and Downloading Backups

To view current AirWave backup files, go to the System > Backups page.
Figure 160 System > Backups Page Illustration
To download a backup file, select the filename URL and the File Download popup page appears.
Regularly save the data backup file to another machine or media. This process can be automated easily with a
nightly script.
NOTE: Nightly maintenance and amp_backup scripts back up the full AMP data and save the file as nightly_data00[1-4].tar.gz. In
previous AirWave versions, the scripts created both config backup and data backup files. In order to restore the AMP data, it is
only necessary to have most recent data backup file, and AirWave no longer uses or supports the config backup file, effective as of
AirWave 6.3.2 and later AirWave versions.

Running Backup on Demand

To create an immediate backup:
1. Log into the AirWave system as root.
2. Run the backup script by typing
This creates a backup of the system located in /

Restoring from a Backup

To restore a backup file on a new machine:
1. Use your AirWave Installation CD to build a new machine. The new machine must be running the same
version as the AirWave that created the backup file.
2. Copy the nightly_data00[1-4].tar.gz file to the
A file transfer client that supports SFTP/SCP for Windows is WinSCP:
WinSCP allows you to transfer the nightly00[1-4].tar.gz file from your local PC to the new AirWave using the
secure copy protocol (SCP).
3. Log onto the new server as root.
4. Change to the scripts directory by typing
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.
amp_backup
alternative/databackup.tar.gz.
directory in the new AirWave.
/tmp
.
scripts
Figure 160 illustrates this page.
http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/
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