Overview
Backup & Restore view allows to make a backup and restore of all settings of your Connect Management Console - current agents, groups and jobs configuration. In Connect version 2.4 Admins can view backups but cannot restore a backup, in Connect v2.5.0 Admins don't have access to backups at all.
How to use it?
By default, backup is done daily, exact time is controlled by the “backup” section in the Connect Management Console config file:
"backup": {
"cleanup": "0 0 6 * * *",
"schedule": "0 0 6 * * *",
"ttl": 30
},
"schedule": "0 0 6 * * *" stands for "second, minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week. Each backup is stored for 30 days (ttl parameter in config). Backups are stored in backup_####, where ### is the timestamp in unix format.
It is possible to manually create a backup outside the schedule
- "Restore" button Restores a selected set of backed up settings. Only one backup can be selected from the list of backups available. After restoring backup, event notification about new agent added might be sent.
- "Backup now" button Allows to immediately save all server settings
A backup keeps the information about configured objects (jobs and job runs, groups, profiles, cloud storages, API key, users, etc). The following is NOT stored in the backup:
- events
- MC'c configuration file
- MC's debug logs.
Where backups are stored
No symbolic links
Do not attempt to use symbolic links to point backup to a different location.By default Resilio Management Console keeps the backups in the following directories.
-
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Resilio\Connect Server\data\server_backup -
Linux:
{resilio-connect-server}/data/server_backup/
To change a backup location, edit MC's config file and add "path" parameter. Restart Resilio Connect Management Console service. Don't forget to escape backslash for Windows.
"backup": {
"schedule": "*/5 * * * *",
"cleanup": "*/5 * * * *",
"ttl": 30,
"path": "C:\\srv_bak\\backups"
},