Copy away. I prefer a human readable backup, which is why I use the export instead of the backup command. Quite often what fails is an rb532 or other random variety board, and we are apt to replace it with a 433AH. It would be less common to replace something with an identical hardware unfortunately. When things are broken are sometimes an opportune time to upgrade things or do things better.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:50:53AM -0500, David E. Smith wrote: > jp wrote: > > > http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Using_SSH_for_system_backup > > I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. > > Seriously, I think I'm gonna steal this script, suitably modified for my > environment. > > Don't suppose Mikrotik has ever gotten round to inventing a better > 'restore from backup' system? If a board is toasted by lightning, you > can't take one of these backups and restore from it easily - too many > things are tied to, say, a device's MAC address. You can look through > the configuration and fix things, but there's always the chance you'll > overlook something. > > This is one of the things Valemount's StarOS does right, and that I > absolutely adore - even if you restore to different hardware, it almost > always seems to get things Right. You always have to double-check the > details, of course, but I can't remember the last time I had to correct > something it did. > > If RouterOS had something similar, I'd be positively ecstatic. > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
