Managing backups
Manage backups describes the tasks that you can perform to manage backups. You can perform these tasks as needed in any order.
Task | Description |
|---|---|
Schedule backups to occur automatically at a designated time. | You can schedule a full backup, a partial backup, or a backup of system
configurations only. |
Modify a backup schedule. | Make modifications to the scheduled backup as needed, such as the time of the backup and what gets backed up. |
Delete a backup schedule when you no longer need it. | Once you delete a scheduled backup, it cannot be restored. |
Perform a manual backup as needed. | You may want to perform this task before you do any maintenance on your appliance or purge or delete data. |
Restore your appliance from a backup. | If you have previously backed up your databases, it is possible to restore them
from any of the available backup stores.
If you restore a backup from one appliance to a different physical appliance, make
sure that the date is set correctly on the new appliance. This verification ensures
that messages in quarantine at the time of the original backup are displayed
correctly after the restore. |
Understand best practices for backing up log data. | In general, there is no reason to backup log files. For troubleshooting purposes,
the logs that are not set to Information or Debug (which provides the most detail)
have limited use. |