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Sensorsoft Alert User Manual

Backup files on Alert appliance to a remote host

There are several circumstances where you may want to backup files on your Alert appliance to a remote

host. We provide example methods below for doing this using scp and tftp. The scp (secure copy)

command lines assume you have a Unix or Linux host that has a ssh/sftp server installed and running. The

tftp (trivial ftp) command lines assume you have a Windows or Unix/Linux host that has a tftp

server

installed and running. After executing the scp commands it will prompt you for the password of the remote

user. The command lines shown are executed from your Alert appliance root login.

Backup flash settings (script) file to a remote host

If your script file becomes corrupt it will mean all of your user settings are lost. Therefore taking the time

to back up the script file will allow for a speedy recover instead of the lengthy process of having to renter

all your settings.

After you have saved your Alert appliance settings using the saveconf command you can backup for safe

keeping the script file. The commands below can be used to periodically backup the script file.

CAUTION – Do not run the following commands if you are having problems

accessing the web interface of the Alert appliance. Otherwise you could create

a corrupt script backup file or overwrite a known good script backup file.

# saveconf

# scp /proc/flash/script username@remotehost:/home/username/alertbackup/script.backup

# saveconf

# tftp -l /proc/flash/script -r script.backup -p tftp_server

Backup log files to a remote host

Since the Alert log files are lost at every reboot you can periodically save these files to a remote host

should you require this information for archival purposes.

# scp /logs/*.log username@unixhost:/home/username/alertbackup/

The tftp method below requires each log file to be transferred separately. You can automate this by

including them in a Linux shell script:

# tftp -l /logs/_Port01_Var1.log -r _Port01_Var1.log -p tftp_server

A free open-source TFTP server for Windows is available for download at http://tftpd32.jounin.net/