Backup of FreeNAS configuration database

[plq]

Would it be possible to backup/reload the configuration database over the net?

Preferably to both Mac and Windows mashines?

Provided, of course that others consider it a useful feature!

 

[danb35]

It already is. When you log into the Web GUI, go to the Settings tab and scroll to the bottom. "Save Config" will download the config database to your machine; "Upload Config" will upload your backup to the FreeNAS box and reboot it.

 

[plq]

Fabulous, a very good implementation!

Thanks, peter

 

[LibraryMark]

Is there a way to automate the backup of the config db? Like as in wget it from another server?

 

[James]

Sounds like a good idea for a cron job on the other server. Or you could set the cron job from the GUI on FreeNAS and push the config using the built-in rsync.

 

[catmanth]

system configuration backup

hi
I tried it on my test machine, using FreeNas 8.2 Beta.
It is principal working as long as the ZFS volume is still correct and only the OS hard-drive is reformatted and reinstalled.
As I removed the data hard-drive partition, I not found a way to get the file structure back from the backup.
The backup knows the ZFS volume name but not let me connect it to the new hard drive, I give up to play around after 4 or 5 hours

there I looking also for a solution, in special is it possible to split the saved data into 2 or more parts:

1) save all user and groups with there respective configuration
2) save all ZFS sub-volume information and the relation to group rights
3) save all exported (CIFS) volumes and there respective data

the rebuilding will be much faster in case of an crash. I tested it here with all this problems.
this was on the end the main issue, the configuration and restoring

The data you every time should have a backup, (we have) but to setup the basic system with user, groups and file structure is a pain to recreate.
In special when you have close to 100 users an more ZFS sub volumes.

please consider about

thanks

 

[sonny81]

I keep getting a failed message when Freenas is rebooting after installing a backup configuration file via the web GUI. Basically I had Freenas on a hard drive and found out why my mobo didn't like my flash card. Installed Freenas on flash card, working fine, but then I upload my backup configuration and I get the rebooting message.

On the Freenas after I get the failure message I manually reboot and the loading process gets stuck at Boot: F1 (before Freenas even begins to load).

Please help.

 

[Rich N]

I keep getting a failed message when Freenas is rebooting after installing a backup configuration file via the web GUI. Basically I had Freenas on a hard drive and found out why my mobo didn't like my flash card. Installed Freenas on flash card, working fine, but then I upload my backup configuration and I get the rebooting message.

On the Freenas after I get the failure message I manually reboot and the loading process gets stuck at Boot: F1 (before Freenas even begins to load).

Please help.

I'm having this issue. How did you fix it?