Backing Up Airwave; Viewing And Downloading Backups; Running Backup On Demand; Restoring From A Backup - Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 User Manual

the drop-down menu, and then select Save and Apply. Note that the MC doesn't push anything when you create
new subscriber groups; the copy of the Global Group already on the managed AirWave provides the information.
Once the configuration is pushed, the non-overridden fields from the Global Group will appear on the subscriber
group as static values and settings. Only fields that had the override checkbox selected in the Global Group will
appear as fields that can be set at the level of the subscriber group. Any changes to a static field must be made on
the Global Group.
The Global Groups feature can also be used without the Master Console. For more information about how this
feature works, refer to

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 161:
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 AirWave 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 AirWave 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:
232 | Performing Daily Administration in AirWave
"Configuring and Using Device Groups" on page
amp_backup
alternative/databackup.tar.gz.
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Figure 161
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illustrates this page.
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