There are several types of components in the DPOD appliance that should be backed up :
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Backup Software, Static Configuration and Configuration Database
In order to backup DPOD's software, static configuration and user configuration data (internal DB ) use the configuration database, use /app/scripts/app_backup.sh script located in directory /app/scripts.
The scripts parameters:
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-t, --backup-type | full: Application files and configuration database (default) |
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-d, --backup-directory | The destination output backup directory. The default is |
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-f, ---backup-file-name | The destination output backup file name. The default is |
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Invoke the backup command
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app_backup.sh
INFO : backup finished successfully. for more information see log file /installs/system-backup/full-backup-2017-09-11_17-17-59/full-backup-2017-09-11_17-17-59.log |
The output backup directory will be the location of the backup log as printed in the backup status message (in the current example /installs/system-backup/full-backup-2017-09-11_17-17-59 ).
The free space required on the backup output directory could get up to 300MB (for DPOD version 1.0.6.0)~500MB.
Restore
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Software, Static
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Configuration and
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Configuration
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Database
In order to restore DPOD's software, static configuration and user configuration data (internal DB ) use the configuration database, use /app/scripts/app_restore.sh script located in directory /app/scripts.
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The restore should be executed on a DPOD instance of the same version and load architecture that the backup was executed on. Restoring a backup file from a different DPOD version or load architecture is not supported and may lead to unexpected results. |
The scripts parameters:
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-t, --restore-type |
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configuration database (default) |
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-d, --backup-directory | The restore source backup directory. |
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-f, ---backup-file-name | The source backup file in the backup directory |
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example for restoring software, static configuration :
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app_restore.sh -t app -d /installs/system-backup/system-migration/full-backup-2017-09-13_22-38-56 -f full-backup-2017-09-13_22-38-56.tar.gz
stopping application ...
application stopped successfully.
starting restore process ...
restoring system files ...
making sure files to restore exist in backup file
files to restore exist in backup file
system restore was successful
for more information see log file /installs/system-backup/app-restore-2017-09-17_15-04-19.log |
Backup the Store
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Backup the Store
It is not recommended to backup the big data store using regular backup software due to its size
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Automatic Backup for monitored device before critical operations
DPOD creates a backup of the monitored device or create a checkpoint before some Web Console operations that changes the monitored device.
The list of this operations appears in this table
This backups can be located at /data/ui/WdpBackups
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