Introduction
This document describes how to backup the database (DB) from one Cisco M-Series device to another.
Prerequisites
Requirements
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Problem
Start the backup of the DB to a secondary M-series device.
Solution
Here are the requirements before you begin the backup of the DB to a secondary M-series device.
- Both M-series devices have to be on the same AsyncOS version (7.2 and later only)
- The target M-series device has to have enough disk space for backup. Navigate to System Administration > Disk Management (see online documentation on how to allocate if some disk is left over).
If you do not have enough disk space during the setup, you might get a message similar to this:
Verifying target machine for version compatibility and disk space...
Backup cannot be scheduled. Reason: There is not enough space for Centralized
Spam Quarantine, Centralized Email Tracking, Centralized Reporting. Please
increase disk allocation for these services on the target machine.
OR
Verifying target machine for version compatibility and disk space...
Backup cannot be scheduled. Reason: There is not enough space for Centralized
Web Tracking. Please increase disk allocation for these services on the target
machine.
Check the disk quota as mentioned previously on the target machine.
The two Security Management Appliances (SMAs), one M650 (source of DB system named m650sma.run), and target M1050 (destination backup of DB system named m1050sma.run and IP 192.168.15.1).
Log in to the CLI on the source M-series (in our test sma1.example.com) and enter these commands:
sma1.example.com> backupconfig
Choose the operation you want to perform:
- VIEW - View scheduled backups
- VERIFY - Verify if backup can be scheduled to a remote machine
- SCHEDULE - Schedule backup to an appliance
- CANCEL - Cancel a scheduled backup
- STATUS - Show the status of a backup in progress.
- SETUP - Configure backup parameters.
[]> setup
Enter level of verbosity:
[0]> 0 < this can be 0 or 3 0=lowest verbosity of backup logs and 3 is the highest>
Compression is desirable on slow connections, but will only slow down backup on
fast networks. Would you like to enable compression? [N]> <hit enter here to pick default withing the brackets [N]>
Choose the operation you want to perform:
- VIEW - View scheduled backups
- VERIFY - Verify if backup can be scheduled to a remote machine
- SCHEDULE - Schedule backup to an appliance
- CANCEL - Cancel a scheduled backup
- STATUS - Show the status of a backup in progress.
- SETUP - Configure backup parameters.
[]> verify
Enter the IP address of a machine to transfer data to.
[]> 192.168.15.1
Enter a name to identify this appliance
[]>sma2.example.com
Please enter username and password:
Username:
[]> admin
Password:
[]> <enter admin password for the target SMA>
Verifying target machine for version compatibility and disk space...
Backup can be scheduled on to 192.168.15.1.
Choose the operation you want to perform:
- VIEW - View scheduled backups
- VERIFY - Verify if backup can be scheduled to a remote machine
- SCHEDULE - Schedule backup to an appliance
- CANCEL - Cancel a scheduled backup
- STATUS - Show the status of a backup in progress.
- SETUP - Configure backup parameters.
[]> schedule
Enter the IP address of a machine to transfer data to.
[]> 192.168.15.1
Enter a name to identify this appliance
[]>sma2.example.com
Please enter username and password:
Username:
[]> admin
Password:
[]> <type the admin password on the target SMA>
Verifying target machine for version compatibility and disk space...
1. Set up a repeating backup schedule
2. Schedule a single backup
3. Start a single backup now
[1]>
1. Daily
2. Weekly
3. Monthly
[1]> 3
What day of the month would you like the backup to occur?
[1]> <hit enter here>
What time of day would you like the backup to start? Please enter in HH:MM
format.
[]> 02:00
Please enter a name for this backup job:
[]> weekly
Backup "weekly" has been scheduled successfully.
Choose the operation you want to perform:
- VIEW - View scheduled backups
- VERIFY - Verify if backup can be scheduled to a remote machine
- SCHEDULE - Schedule backup to an appliance
- CANCEL - Cancel a scheduled backup
- STATUS - Show the status of a backup in progress.
- SETUP - Configure backup parameters.
[]> view
Scheduled Backups:
# Name IP Schedule
= ====== =============== ================================
1 weekly To 192.168.15.1 on day 1 of every month at 02:00
Choose the operation you want to perform:
- VIEW - View scheduled backups
- VERIFY - Verify if backup can be scheduled to a remote machine
- SCHEDULE - Schedule backup to an appliance
- CANCEL - Cancel a scheduled backup
- STATUS - Show the status of a backup in progress.
- SETUP - Configure backup parameters.
[]> <hit enter until your back in CLI>
sma1.example.com> commit
Please enter some comments describing your changes:
[]> scheduled a weekly backup
Changes committed: Wed Mar 16 18:09:51 2011 GMT
sma1.example.com>
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