3.9 System Backup

2N^®Access Commander offers the following ways of system backup.

Virtual machine backup
Import from another 2N^®Access Commander
Backup and restore

Virtual Machine Backup

VirtualBox

Make sure that the virtual machine is off.
Select Export appliance... in the File menu.

Select the virtual machine and set the export path. Click Export.

You can transfer and import the exported file arbitrarily (refer to Virtual Box installation) using any machine (see Minimum requirements in 1.1.4 Recommended HW) to the VirtualBox application. Or, you can import the exported file to other virtualisation tools after reconverting the file for the selected application.

VMware Workstation

Make sure that the virtual machine is off.
Select Export to OVF in the File menu.

A window is displayed for you to choose where to save the exported machine. Also, you can save the virtual machine to two files (OVF + VMDK) or one OVA file. All you have to do to save the machine into an OVA file is overwrite the filename extension. By overwriting ovf to ova you save the virtual machine into one file.

VMware eSxi 6.5

Make sure that the virtual machine is off.
Click Actions and select Export in the detail of the machine to be exported.

Having clicked Export, you are informed that two files (OVF and VMDK) are being downloaded.

Import from Another 2N^®Access Commander Installation

Used for data transfer between two 2N^®Access Commander servers. Open the Linux configuration console to transfer data from another server.

Select Backup and restore.
Select Import in the new menu.
Now you are invited to enter the 2N^®AccessCommander IP address from which configuration is to be downloaded.
Enter the IP address and the SSH access password. I.e. the source machine root password.
If the import has been successful, Apache2 will be disabled on the source machine and the source machine will be turned off.

Note

To import data from another 2N^® Access Commander installation, make sure that SSH is enabled on the data transferring server.

Caution

Data can only be imported from an older or identical 2N^®Access Commander version. Data cannot be imported from a new version to an earlier one.

Backup and Restore

Used for backing up and restoring data in 2N^®Access Commander. Data is stored on a samba server. For setting details refer to 2. Linux Settings.

Click Backup to enter the password for encryption. The backup process may take a few seconds or a few minutes depending on the installation to be backed up.

Click Restore and select the backup to be used. System restore name includes the backup date and time. To select a backup enter the password used for its encryption. After restoring you will be redirected back to the Configuration backup and restore menu.