I'd suggest a /system reset-configuration followed by /import file=whatever.rsc, strictly so you know what you're dealing with and working from a known state.
It won't 'override' things, as such. Importing the text file is exactly the same as sitting at the console and typing in each command in order. It will add some things, ignore some things as being duplicates, and so on. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Muehleisen Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 18:10 To: Mikrotik discussions Subject: Re: [Mikrotik] Automatic config backup Ok, just upgraded to 5.23 and it works great. Much better than doing a binary backup. What is the best method of import? Better to wipe the existing config first or can I import the file and override everything? On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>wrote: > http://www.mikrotik.com/download/CHANGELOG_5 > > What's new in 5.12 (2012-Jan-19 14:31): > > *) console - added support for compact export; > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Ty Featherling > <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hahaha. You know that is going to come up again in the future. > > > > -Ty > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Eric Muehleisen <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Damn it! I told you to forget that I said that > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Josh Luthman < > > [email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > Duh...6 is less than 12... > > > > > > > > Josh Luthman > > > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > > > 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 > > > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Feb 6, 2013 5:57 PM, "Eric Muehleisen" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Wait, mikrotik noob here... > > > > > > > > > > you're telling me that 5.6 is older than 5.12??? > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Shayne Lebrun < > > > [email protected] > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, the first line 'more recent versions.' Actually 5.12, > > > > > > not > > > 5.14, > > > > > but > > > > > > that' s definitely higher than 5.6. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > > > > > Eric > > > > > Muehleisen > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 17:51 > > > > > > To: Mikrotik discussions > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Mikrotik] Automatic config backup > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/201302 > > > > 06/4 > > > > > > > > 9d > > > > > > > > 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/201302 > > > > 06/6 > > > > > > > > f6 > > > > > > > > 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/cbd > > > > > > > d8bf0 > > > > > > > /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/e09 > aafb4 > > > > > > /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/a4a > e6a60/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/20130206/9c7 > 8bb01/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/ca0 > ec19c/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/20130206/625 > 9c8de/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/20130206/740 > 21bc6/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/20130206/9fd0dead /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
