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Where Can I find backup files on filesystem ?

dpasqua
Hi People,

I need to find where are the backup files automatically generated by Astaro in the filesystem.

Where the backup files are stored ?

I logged in Astaro by ssh and tried to search "find / -name *.abf" but no luck. No files were found.

Regards,

Douglas


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  • 0 in reply to BAlfson
    Hi BAlfson,

    hm ok, and you never delete any item in that box?
    Ok the files ar not so large iwth 706K but i think its not the usual way to do a backup.
    But if there is no other solution i will do it that way ;-)

    Nic will be a bacula Client on the Astaro Applience to backup the hole machine...


    bye and thanks for spending your time

    oew
  • 0 in reply to Jack Daniel
    dpasqua: the backup files do not have the .abf extension, so they do not import into WebAdmin.  Do you just want to import them, or restore from one?

    If you copy a backup from one system to another via shell you can restore from the command line if that's your goal.

    oew: can you clarify "email isn't nice"?  If you are concerned about security, use encrypted backups (with a good passphrase).  Also, keep in mind that adding third-party packages to the Astaro is not supported.


    Hi Jack,

    Can you please give me a little more detail on how to restore a backup (copied from another system) with the command line?

    I've had a box die on me (hardware issue) and it will really make it less painful to restore if I can just grab the automatic backup's off the old HDD and put them onto the new system to restore.
  • 0 in reply to Lemo
    Hello Lemo

    backups are in :
    /var/confd/var/storage/snapshots

    to list backups:
    /usr/local/bin/backup.plx -l 

    Once you have the right backup in the right place, to restore a backup:
    /backup.plx -i /var/confd/var/storage/snapshots/cfg_5566_1200772863 
    (specifying the appropriate backup file, of course)

    Hope this helps

    Jack
  • 0 in reply to Jack Daniel

    backups are in : 
    /var/confd/var/storage/snapshots 

     

    how can I get there? I tried using ssh (putty) or the provided console. I couldnt find a way to browse to /var/confd/var/storage/snapshots. Any help would be highly appreciated

     

    My XG is setup to backup daily at midnight locally on the device itself. I am trying to restore to July 16th or July 17th but I cant browse/locate those automatically created backups yet to restore from them.

     

    Thank you in advance.

     

  • 0 in reply to Sergey Georgiev

    Hi Sergey,

    This Thread and this KBA is UTM(SG) Only. 

    https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/119814

     

     

    You are looking for a XG Backup Mechanism? Please open a Thread in the XG Community. https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/

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