Using Airwave Failover For Backup; Navigation Section Of Airwave Failover; Adding Watched Airwave Stations - Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 User Manual

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
5. Run the restore script by typing
NOTE: Network administrators can now use the nightly backup from a 32-bit AMP to restore AMP on a 64-bit installation, rather than
having to create a special backup file or use the special restore script.

Using AirWave Failover for Backup

The failover version of AirWave provides a many-to-one hot backup server. The Failover AirWave polls the watched
AMPs to verify that each is up and running. If the watched AirWave is unreachable for the specified number of polls,
the Failover AirWave automatically restores the most recent saved backup from the watched AirWave and begins
polling its APs.

Navigation Section of AirWave Failover

The Navigation section displays tabs to all main GUI pages within AirWave Failover. The top bar is a static
navigation bar containing tabs for the main components of AirWave, while the lower bar is context-sensitive and
displays the subtabs for the highlighted tab.
Table 124:
Contents of the Navigation Section of Failover
Main Tab Description
The Home page provides basic AirWave Failover information including
Home system name, hostname, IP address, current time, running time, software
version, and watched AirWave information.
The System page provides information related to AirWave operation and
System administration including overall system status, performance monitoring, and
backups.
The Setup page provides all information relating to the configuration of
AMP Setup
AirWave itself and its connection to your network.

Adding Watched AirWave Stations

Navigate to the Home > Watched AMPs page to begin backing up and monitoring AirWave stations. Once an
AirWave installation has been added to the Watched AMP list, the Failover AMP will download the most recent
backup and begin polling. The Failover AMP and the Watched AMP must be on the same version or else the
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directory in the new AirWave.
/tmp
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scripts
./amp_restore -d /tmp/nightly_data00[1-4].tar.gz
Table 124 describes the contents of this page.
http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/
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Subtabs
Overview
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User Info
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Watched AMPs
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License
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Status
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Triggers
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Alerts
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Event Log
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Backups
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Performance
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General
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Network
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Users
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TACACS+
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