3.15 Maintenance

The Maintenance window allows you to back up the MS database, properties files, keystore files, and subscription files in a file with the following name:

backup- <year-month-day> Thh-mm-ss.tar.bz2

where:

year is the year the system was backed up = 2007
month is the month the system was backed up = 03
day is the day the system was backed up = 04
hh is the hour when the system was backed up = 12
mm is the minutes when the system was backed up = 11
ss is the seconds when the system was backed up = 22

For example, a file backed up on March 4, 2007 at 12:11:22 has the following name:

backup-2007-03-04T12-11-22.tar.bz2

The following file are backed up:

Database
/usr/local/nac/properties directory
/usr/local/nac/keystore directory
/usr/local/nac/subscription directory

The following sections contain more information:

3.15.1 Initiating a New Backup

To initiate a new backup:

Home window>>System configuration>>Maintenance

Figure 3-44 System Configuration, Maintenance

Click begin backup now in the Backup area. The Operation in progress confirmation window appears.
Depending on your browser settings, a pop-up window may appear asking if you want to save or open the file. Select Save to disk and click OK.

NOTE:A system backup does not work using Internet Explorer 7 as a browser window. Use Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla or Firefox for system backup if you encounter a problem.
The System backup completed successfully message appears at the top of the System configuration window:

Figure 3-45 Backup Successful Message

3.15.2 Restoring From a Backup

See Section 16.7.2, Restoring from Backup for information about restoring from a backup file.

HINT:If you are using Backup and Restore to move configuration files from one physical server to another, you must have the same version of Novell ZENworks Network Access Control installed on both servers.