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Chapter 7 Backing Up and Restoring the GSSM
Backing Up the Primary GSSM
When you execute a database restore on your primary GSSM, the archive file is
automatically unpacked and the database copied to the GSSM, overwriting the
current GSSM database.
Backing up your GSSM database requires access to the GSS CLI and the
completion of the following actions:
1. Determining the appropriate time to backup your GSSM
2. Performing the backup
3. Moving the backup file to a secure location on your network
Performing a Full Primary GSSM Backup
You can perform a full primary GSSM backup at any time. Performing a backup
requires access to the CLI of the primary GSSM.
To perform a full backup of your primary GSSM:
1. Log in to the primary GSSM CLI and enable privileged EXEC mode.
gssm1.example.com> enable
gssm1.example.com#
2. Use the copy startup-config disk command if you want to copy the current
primary GSSM startup configuration to a file for use on other devices or for
backup purposes. The filename variable specifies the name of the file
containing the startup configuration settings.
gssm1.example.com# copy startup-config disk newstartupconfig
Note The primary GSSM backup does not include user files that reside in the
/home directory. If you have important files in the /home directory that
you want to save, such as the startup-configuration file, use either the
secure copy (scp) or ftp commands to copy those files to another device.
Storing the startup-configuration file in a safe location can save time and
reconfiguration issues in a recovery situation.