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Chapter 7 Backing Up, Restoring, and Downgrading the GSSM Database
Backing Up the Primary GSSM
When you execute a database restore on your primary GSSM, the archive file is
automatically unpacked and the database is copied to the GSSM, overwriting the
current GSSM database.
Backing up your GSSM database requires that you access the GSS CLI and then
complete the following actions:
1.
Determine the appropriate time to back up your GSSM
2.
Perform the backup
3.
Move 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, perform the following steps:
1.
Log in to the primary GSSM CLI and enable privileged EXEC mode.
gssm1.example.com>
enable
gssm1.example.com#
2.
Copy the current primary GSSM startup configuration to a file for use on
other devices or for backup purposes by using the
copy startup-config disk
command. The
filename
argument 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.
3.
Create a full backup of your primary GSSM by using the
gssm backup full
command. The
gssm backup full
command performs a backup of both the
database component of the GSSM and its network and device configuration
information. Supply a filename for your backup.