For some reason, /export compact doesn't work on my RB 750's ROS 5.6. Am I missing something?
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Shayne Lebrun <[email protected]>wrote: > If you're using more recent versions of ROS, 5.14 or something and higher, > use '/export compact file=blahblah.rsc' to get only what you actually need > to apply to a new router. > > We use something like: > /system scheduler add name="backup" on-event="/export compact > file=systembackup" start-date=jan/01/1970 start-time=04:00:00 interval=24h > comment="" disabled=no > > /ip tftp add req-filename=systembackup.cfg real-filename=systembackup.rsc > allow=yes read-only=yes ip-addresses=xx.xx.xx.xx > > Then on a server somewhere, a cron script at 4 am; given a file with a csv > of name and address, download file, rename to router name and date, save. > Delete anything older than however long you want to keep. My backup folder > has 1343 files in it ATM, about 11 megs. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Muehleisen > Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 16:12 > To: Mikrotik discussions > Subject: Re: [Mikrotik] Automatic config backup > > These backups and restores are using the same hardware. It's looking like > the /export is the better, more reliable method. > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Josh Luthman > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > The binary backup is super picky. I've had minimal success with it, > > though I do use it (but I primarily depend on text backup - /export). > > > > You'll NEED to have the same number of ports to begin with. There are > > additional hassles but I can't remember them it has been so long. > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Eric Muehleisen <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I currently do MT backups using the scheduler to do a "system backup > > > save name" then a FTP fetch. This all works correctly but the file > > > fails when > > I > > > try to upload the config and restore to a new router. Does the > > > backup > > file > > > become corrupt during this process? > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > > scrubbed... > > > URL: < > > > > > http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20130206/49d > > 8b59b/attachment.html > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mikrotik mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > > > > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > > > RouterOS > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > scrubbed... > > URL: < > > http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20130206/6f6 > > 87358/attachment.html > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mikrotik mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > > RouterOS > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > < > http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20130206/cbdd8bf0 > /attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20130206/e09aafb4/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
