How to view default periodic backup in Versa Director ?

PC_ELLA_NLEM

Hello,

By default, Versa Director takes periodic backup every day at 06:25 AM.

This setting is defined under the file /etc/crontab, at daily cron.

admin@Versa-Director-1:/etc$ cat crontab

# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab

# Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'

# command to install the new version when you edit this file

# and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,

# that none of the other crontabs do.

SHELL=/bin/sh

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# m h dom mon dow user command

17 * * * * root  cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly

25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )

47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )

52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )

#

The file /etc/cron.daily/vnms-cron-backup describes which types of backup is taken :

admin@Versa-Director-1:/etc/cron.daily$ sudo cat vnms-cron-backup

[sudo] password for admin:

#!/bin/bash

# To be run by cron - takes CDB backup

/opt/versa/vnms/scripts/vnms-backup.sh --backup include-package-dir false backups-dir /var/versa/backups system-triggered true create-local-backup true

It's possible to view user configured crontab with the command

admin@Versa-Director-1:/etc/cron.daily$ crontab -l -u root

Andrey

Hi Paul,

Nice note, Let me also add, that Director backups are being created in following folders:

/var/versa/backups

/var/versa/local-backups (if "create-local-backup true" option is added in the script above)

In HA pair /var/versa/backups has always backups of Master Director on both Director nodes. If you're seeking specifically for Slave Director backup, then you may find it in /var/versa/local-backups folder.

And when talking about Director backups, it's very important to remember to remove old backups after some time, otherwise they may easily fill whole disk space. There's another cron script used for it, in which you can edit retention period:

# cat /etc/cron.daily/vnms-cron-purge-pkg

#!/bin/bash

find /var/versa/backups -type f -mtime +30 -delete

find /var/versa/local-backups -type f -mtime +30 -delete

Here "+30" specifies for how many days backups will be stored.

Also it's a good practice to upload Director backups to some