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The following information will guide you to take a complete user backup of your NSG system. Backup files can be expanded for review and used to restore a system if catastrophic failure should occur.
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Log into the NSG Gateway WebGUI using your credentials
Navigate to Configuration > Management > Backup - Restore
Click the Backup and Download Now button to download a full configuration backup to your local system
A backup file should now be saved on your local system with the following name format:
> backup-localhost.localnet-<time & date>.tar
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Log into the NSG Gateway WebGUI using your credentials
Navigate to Configuration > Management > Backup - Restore
Click on the Choose button which will prompt you to find a previous backup file on the local system
Find the backup file you wish to restore onto the NSG Gateway
The backup file should look something like this: backup-localhost.localnet-12-01-2015-15-23-05.tar.gz
The numbers in the backup file will be different for you since they represent time and date information
The WebGUI will now update with the backup file attached.
Example:
Click the upload button, as seen in the previous image, to install the backup file and restore all your configuration
Click Continue button to confirm the restore of the specific backup file, as seen in the image below
The restore process will will only take a few.
Once the restoration is completed the NSG Gateway should be operational again
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Log into the NSG Linux Command line using a terminal program of your choice (example: putty)
Example:
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Navigate to the NSG directory /usr/local/nsg/ :
Type the following on the Linux command line:
cd /usr/local/nsg
press <enter>
Type the following command within the /usr/local/nsg directory to create the backup package
tar cfz nsg-backup.tgz conf/ . (make sure to include the '.' at the end which saves the backup in the same directory)
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A file called nsg-backup.tgz will be saved in the current directory. To verify simply type the following command and look for your file:
ls
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This process has backed up the NSG Gateway configuration
Move this file to a directory of your choice for safe keeping. For example, you can move this to the root directory by typing:
-> cp nsg-backup.tgz /root
To backup the TDM configuration follow the same process inside the /etc/wanpipe directory
Change directory to /etc/wanpipe:
type: cd /etc/wanpipe
press <enter>
example:
type: tar cfz wanpipe-backup.tgz wan* . (make sure to include the '.' at the end which saves the backup in the same directory)
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Move this file to a location of your choice. For example to move to the root directory type:
> cp wanpipe-backup.tgz /root
The NSG Gateway is now completely backup up
nsg-backup.tgz contains the NSG Gateway portion
wanpipe-backup.tgz contains the TDM card(s) backup
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