Owner's Manual

856 Backing Up / Restoring
redcell.netrestore.file.server.prefix.type=IP_ADDRESS
This property lets you select either IP Address or Hostname (SysName). To change to using
Hostname, change
IP_ADDRESS to HOSTNAME on all application servers (and clients). You must
restart the application servers after doing this.
NOTE:
Some messages may refer to NetConfig or NetRestore rather than File Management. These are the
same.
CAUTION:
When using Hostname as the prefix, all hostnames in the system must be unique. If two devices have the
same hostname, a backup group operation with these two devices makes these two devices use a single
config file on the file server, resulting in an invalid/garbage backup or restoration.
NOTE:
Use Group Ops to schedule operations on more than one device at the same time instead of scheduling
multiple individual operations at the same time.
File Archiving
This application’s backup also manages configuration files, including versioning, saving, and
retrieving them by key and version number. By default the backup process only stores the file
backed up if it detects a change in the file from what was previously backed up. This significantly
reduces the amount of space used both in normal operations and in archiving.
You can change these settings in the
Properties tab that appears when you select Settings ->
Configuration -> Control Settings.
Find the class redcell.netrestore.checkin.mode in
the screen, and click
Edit . Available options are always (always check in the backup file) and
changes (the current default: only check in backup files if they changed since the last backup).
Click
OK to get to the next screen.
Resource Screen Buttons
File Management uses the following items in the Resources manager menus (right click or click the
Action button to see them):
-
Backup —Backs up selected configuration files from the selected network elements. See the
destination of these backups described in Resource Editor on page 858.
-
Restore —Restores selected configuration files to the selected network elements (pushes a
configuration file down to the device).
-
Deploy —Pushes device operating system binaries down to the device
-
Compare —Compares configuration files for any two selected equipment items. See File
Management -> Configurations on page 861 or Comparing Files on page 864 for more about
this capability.