To configure a backup policy

Steps

Note: All NFM-P-managed NEs that are not assigned to a backup policy are automatically assigned to a default backup policy upon device discovery.

Note: Beginning in NSP 23.11, the backup policy with settings “CLI Config File Mode” and “Boot Option File Mode” set to “New Version only” will only allow the second backup or consecutive backup operation to be successful if there is a change in the config or bof file. Optional files like rollback, tech-support and certificate backup will not happen even if selected in the policy unless there is a “New Version” in BOF or Config file. This behavior is the same for both manual backups and scheduled backup operations.

 
1 

Choose Administration→NE Maintenance→Backup/Restore from the NFM-P main menu. The Backup/Restore form opens.

2 

Click on the Backup/Restore Policy tab.

3 

Click Create, or select an existing policy and click Properties. The Backup Policy (Create | Edit) form opens.

4 

Configure the Enable Backup parameter. If you disable the Enable Backup parameter, go to Step 9 .

5 

If you are creating a policy, configure the Policy Type parameter.

Note: For 7210 SAS, 7450 ESS, 7705 SAR, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, or Wavence NEs, choose the SR Based Node option.

Note: For a GNE, choose the Generic NE Node option.

6 

If the Policy Type is set to SR Based Node, you can perform a reboot after the configuration is restored on the NE by specifying the Auto-Reboot After Successful Restore parameter.

Note: When you use an NFM-P GUI client to restore a configuration, and the Auto-Reboot After Successful Restore parameter is unselected, the BOF is overwritten by a subsequent “bof save” command on the NE.

Note: When a reboot does not immediately follow a restore, use a CLI to view the BOF and ensure that it has not changed since the restore.

Note: For Wavence NEs, you must enable the Auto-Reboot After Successful Restore parameter in order for the restored configuration to be activated on the NE. Otherwise, the restored configuration is not activated on the NE during a later reboot.

7 

Configure the parameters in the Backup Triggering, Backup Settings, and Backup Purging panels. You can schedule backups based on a time interval, or based on the number of configuration saves initiated by the NFM-P.

Backup purge parameters allow you to specify the number of backup files that are retained. The purge settings eliminate the need for manual backup file deletion. The purge criteria can be the number of files, the age of the files, or both.

Note: The Backup roll back files and Backup tech-support files parameters appear and are enabled by default for SR Based Node type. Once Backup is successful on NFM-P for a node, these files as well as node bof, config files and other files, are saved on NFMP-server under NE Backup location (/opt/nsp/nfmp/nebackup).

Note: If the Policy Type parameter is set to SR Based Node, in order to enable the CLI Debug Save Config File Mode parameter, you must specify the location of the debug configuration files in the NFM-P configuration. See the chapter on NFM-P component configuration in the NSP System Administrator Guide for information about setting the parameter.

Note: For an OmniSwitch, the NFM-P can back up only files in the certified directory. If you need to back up configuration files in the working directory, you must ensure that the files in the certified and working directories are identical. See To certify or synchronize OmniSwitch software for information about issuing a Certify and Synchro command to synchronize the files.

For supporting OmniSwitch NEs, you can configure the Restore Directory parameter to specify the directory on the node that the backup files are restored to. To specify a user-defined directory, enter a text string that matches the name of the user-defined directory on the node.

Note: If the Backup 7705 Radio Database parameter is enabled, the Wavence MPT radio databases are backed up with the configuration file, depending on the CLI Config File Mode setting. Only the 7705 SAR-8 and 7705 SAR-18 support the backup of the Wavence MPT radio databases.

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If the Policy Type is Generic NE Node, configure the Transfer Protocol parameter, and then the FTP or SFTP user credentials in the Generic NE Backup Settings panel.

Note: You must ensure that the following conditions are met before you attempt to use the backup policy.

  • FTP, SFTP, or TFTP is enabled on each main server, depending on which protocol you use.

  • If a firewall is used, the required FTP, SFTP, or TFTP ports are open.

  • The FTP, SFTP, or TFTP user that you specify is a valid FTP, SFTP, or TFTP user on each main server station, and belongs to the sam user group on each main server station.

  • The nsp user has read, write, and execute access to the Root Directory that you specify.

9 

Click Apply.

10 

Click on the Backup/Restore Policy Assignment tab and assign one or more NEs to the policy, as required.

11 

Close the form.

End of steps