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Common Elements: backup files
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 6.1.0
Common Elements: backup files
Creating a backup (in the form of a UCS file) for all devices in your network,
including the BIG-IQ system itself, on a regular basis allows you to easily restore
a configuration if a system becomes unstable. It's a good idea to create a backup of
a system immediately before performing a software upgrade or before you make
significant configuration changes.
- On the left, click .
- On the left, click .
- Select the check box next to each device you want to create a backup for, and click theSchedule Backupbutton.
- Select the check box next to each device you want to create a backup for, click theMorebutton and selectBack Up Now.
- Select the check box next to each device you want to create a backup schedule for, click theMorebutton and selectSchedule Backup.
- Type a name to identify this backup, and an optional description for it.
- Type a name to identify this backup, and an optional description for it.
- If you want to include the SSL private keys in the backup file, select theInclude Private Keyscheck box.If you save a copy of the SSL private key, you can reinstall it if the original one becomes corrupt.
- To encrypt the backup file, select theEncrypt Backup Filescheck box, and type and verify the passphrase.
- Use theLocal Retention Policysetting to specify how long you want to keep the backup file on BIG-IQ.
- To delete the copies of the backup after a certain number of days, selectDelete local backup copyand specify the number of days to keep the backup copy before deleting it.
- To keep copies of the backups indefinitely, selectNever Delete.
- For theBackup Frequencysetting, selectDaily,Weekly, orMonthlyfor theSchedule Backupto specify how often backups are created. Based on the frequency, you can then specify the days and time you want to create the backups..
- For theStart Datesetting, click the calendar and select the date you want BIG-IQ to start creating backups.
- For theEnd Datesetting, click the calendar and select the date you want BIG-IQ to stop creating backups. Alternatively, if you want BIG-IQ to create backups indefinitely, select theNo End Datecheck box.By default, BIG-IQ saves the local file to the/shared/ucs_backupsdirectory. If you need to free up storage on BIG-IQ, you must manually delete files from this directory.
- To keep copies of backups remotely on a SCP or SFTP server:
- For theArchivesetting, select theStore archive copy of backupcheck box.
- For theLocationsetting, selectSCPorSFTP.
- In theIP Addressfield, type the IP address of the remote server where you want to store the archives.
- In theUser NameandPasswordfields, type the credentials to access this server.
- In theDirectoryfield, type the name of the directory where you want to store the archives on the remote server.
Storing a backup remotely means you can restore data to a BIG-IP device even if you can't access the archive in the BIG-IQ system directory.If you configure BIG-IQ to save backup files to a remote server and that server is unavailable during a scheduled backup, BIG-IQ ignores the local retention policy and retains the local copy of the backup file. This ensures that a backup is always available. To remove those local backups, you must delete them.Archived copies of backups are kept permanently on the remote server you specify. If you want to clear space on the remote server, you have to manually delete the backups. - Select theGroupsorIndividualsoption.
- If you selectedIndividuals, from theAvailablelist, click the individual devices you want to back up and->to move it to theSelectedlist.
- Click theSavebutton
- Select the check box next to the device you want to restore and click theRestorebutton.
- Select the check box next to the backup file you want to restore and click theRestorebutton.
