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Appendix 1 – Backing up a VCS
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cluster creation and maintenance (Cisco VCS X7.2)
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Appendix 1 – Backing up a VCS
Backing up an X5.0 or later VCS
To backup the data:
1. On the VCS web interface go to Maintenance > Backup and restore.
2. Click Create System Backup File and save the file.
3. If the option exists, click Create TMS Agent backup file and save the file (this backs up FindMe
entries on Legacy systems).
Note:
TMS Agent backup is not used for Provisioning Extension mode or VCS Starter Pack Express.
If the TMS Agent backup is restored (uploaded) to VCS then:
from a root login run “tmsagent_reindex_database” to ensure the uploaded data is linked into the
database correctly.
from a root login run “tmsagent_reindex_database” to ensure the uploaded data is linked into the
database correctly.
If TMS is in TMS Agent Legacy mode, a TMS Agent backup contains the whole of the TMS’s
provisioning and FindMe database (for all clusters and non-clustered VCSs with which TMS is
replicating). It is saved for emergency use only – if restored to a cluster it will only get overwritten
by the TMS data. It can be restored to a non-clustered VCS that is not replicating with TMS.
provisioning and FindMe database (for all clusters and non-clustered VCSs with which TMS is
replicating). It is saved for emergency use only – if restored to a cluster it will only get overwritten
by the TMS data. It can be restored to a non-clustered VCS that is not replicating with TMS.
To save the VCS certificates:
4. Use SCP (log in as root) to copy the following files from the VCS:
a. persistent/policy/policy.xml
b. persistent/certs/*.*