User's Guide

Figure 110: Configuration Backup Screen
By default, scheduling of backup is not turned on. You must use the Enable Configuration backup
Scheduling switch to turn it on. When this switch is turned on, the icon located to the right of the
APPLY button is enabled. Use this icon to create a new scheduled backup configuration.
Use the BACKUP NOW button to start a configuration backup manually. The following window displays.
Figure 111: Backup Ready Window
When the configuration has been backed up locally on the Extreme AirDefense appliance, the
Download button is enabled. Click this button to download and save the configuration backup to your
PC.
How Backups Work
• All backups, scheduled or on-demand, create a backup file in /usr/local/smx/backups.
• Backups include more than the SQL database. Many configuration files (XML files) scattered
throughout ADSP are also included. These files are included in the zip archive along with the
database tables.
• If an on-demand backup is done to the desktop, the system performs a regular backup to /usr/
local/smx/backups first and then copies that file to the desktop.
• If a scheduled backup is done to a remote device via SCP or FTP, the system performs a backup
to /usr/local/smx/backups first and then copies that file to the remote system.
• Only the most current backup is kept. Previous backups are deleted from the /usr/local/smx/
backups folder.
• The /usr/local/smx/backups directory is root protected. Users cannot delete the backup file.
However, they can copy it to another location.
• The format of a backup file looks like:
Backup_8.1.0-10_ECRT236.am.mot.com_20101018000011.zip.enc. The name always
includes the release, the server name, and the year-month-day-hour-minute-second. The enc at the
end of the name indicates that the file is encrypted. Encrypted files can be emailed securely.
Configuration
How Backups Work
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