Backup Appliance
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Overview
To make a backup of the appliance and PINsafe using the internal database, the Apache Tomcat process must first be stopped. Whilst the backup is taking place new users will not be able to authenticate. To restore data to an appliance see Restore Appliance
Prerequisites
PINsafe Active/Active appliance with CMI
Symptoms
Backup required
Backup
On the Appliance
Login as admin either on the console or SSH and select:
"Backup & Restore" "Full Backup, including appliance config and PINsafe"
The system will prompt for a backup reason. Enter a reason, or press enter to ignore
Expected results:
Master
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Backup Started : Sun Nov 1 15:13:05 GMT 2009
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Copying network configuration Copying Keystore, ssh, snmp and /etc/profile Backing up Webapps & MySQL DB... Copying MySQL: "mysql" DB Copying MySQL: "pinsafe" DB Copying Tomcat webapps and log files Copying DRBD Copying Webmin Copying MON Copying Heartbeat Copying scripts
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Backup Finished : Sun Nov 1 15:13:14 GMT 2009
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Press Return to continue
Changing the purge schedule
On the CMI at the Main Menu, select Backup and Restore, then Define Backup purge schedule.
Troubleshooting
Ensure that the "Copying MySQL: "pinsafe" DB" line correctly reflects the name of the MySQL DB in use. This may be checked by looking on the DB page within PINsafe
