Regularly storing appliance backups in a remote location allows for a complete appliance recovery in the event of an unexpected failure.
Before you begin
Mount a CIFS share.
Steps
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Log on to the appliance from the command line.
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(Optional) Create a backup of the appliance.
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Enter the rsync command.
sudo smca-rsync add -i <source directory> -o <destination directory>
<source directory> is where the backups are stored when they are created and
<destination directory> is the remote location to store the backups. If you do not include the
-i
, the appliance defaults to the
SMC backup directory file.
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Press
Enter.
Result
The rsync command copies the backup files to the destination hourly. The command also runs a check to verify that there are no duplicate files in the destination directory.