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Appendix 1 – Backing up a Cisco VCS
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cluster creation and maintenance (Cisco VCS X7.0.n)
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Appendix 1 – Backing up a Cisco VCS
Backing up an X5.0 or later Cisco VCS
To backup the data:
1. On the Cisco VCS web interface go to Maintenance > Backup and restore.
2. Click Create System Backup File and save the file.
3. If Cisco TMS is used and the Cisco VCS is X5 or later:
a. Click Create TMS Agent backup file and save the file (this backs up FindMe entries that are
in X5 FindMe database format).
Note:
If the TMS Agent backup is restored (uploaded) to Cisco 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.
A TMS Agent backup contains the whole of the Cisco TMS’s provisioning and FindMe database
(for all clusters and non-clustered Cisco VCSs with which Cisco TMS is replicating). It is saved
for emergency use only – if restored to a cluster it will only get overwritten by the Cisco TMS
data. It can be restored to a non-clustered Cisco VCS that is not replicating with Cisco TMS.
(for all clusters and non-clustered Cisco VCSs with which Cisco TMS is replicating). It is saved
for emergency use only – if restored to a cluster it will only get overwritten by the Cisco TMS
data. It can be restored to a non-clustered Cisco VCS that is not replicating with Cisco TMS.
For Cisco VCS prior to X6.1, 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/*.*