Import sucks IMO. I do it manually while reading the export. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 6, 2013 8:05 PM, "Shayne Lebrun" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 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