Backing up and Restoring Aruba Central System Data

Aruba Central (on-premises) supports backing up of system information, group configuration data, alerts, events, audit trail, sites, labels, and historical reports. You can backup Aruba Central data either manually or set a schedule for an automatic backing up of the data.

Important Points to Note

Before backing data, you must have a file server configured and ready to save the backup file.

Backups consumes large amounts of space (up to 5 terabyte). Make sure you have sufficient space for a successful backup operation.

The restore operation deletes any configuration applied before the restore. It also deletes and replaces device variables with the backed up that is being restored.

For restore operation, make sure you provide the file path that you used for backup and select the appropriate backup file version.

Manually Backup Data

To manually backup data:

1. In the Account Home page, under Global Settings, click System Management.

2. Click Backup and Restore tab. The Backup and Restore page is displayed.

3. In the Backup pane, click the Backup Now menu option. The Immediate Backup window opens.

4. In the Immediate Backup window, configure the following parameters:

a. Host name or IP address— Specify the host name or IP address of the server.

b. Protocol Type— By default, SFTP is selected.

c. File Path— Specify the file path or folder name in the server to which you want to save the data.

d. Username— Specify the server SFTPSecure File Transfer Protocol. SFTP is a network protocol that allows file access, file transfer, and file management functions over a secure connection./SCPSecure Copy Protocol. SCP is a network protocol that supports file transfers between hosts on a network. username.

e. Password— Provide the server SFTP/SCP password.

5. Click Backup Now to start backing up the data to the server. In case of successful backup, the Status in the backup pane shows Completed. You can also view the status of the supported data types by clicking the Backed up Systems arrow. The status sign against each data type turns green representing a successful backup and red representing a failed backup.

6. The following are the supported data types:

PostgreSQL

Cassandra

Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch Aggregation

Minio

Creating a Backup Schedule

To set a schedule for regular backing up of Aruba Central data:

1. In the Account Home page, under Global Settings, click System Management.

2. Click Backup and Restore tab. The Backup and Restore page is displayed.

3. In the Backup pane, click the Backup Later menu option. The Scheduled Backup window opens.

4. In the Scheduled Backup window, configure the following parameters:

a. Specify a backup Frequency from the following options:

Back up daily— Select this option to have a backup daily. Specify the starting time at which the backup must be run.

Back up weekly— Select this option to have a backup weekly. Specify the backup day and starting time at which the backup must be run.

Disable backup schedule— Select this to disable the backup schedule.

b. Host name or IP address— Specify the host name or IP address of the server.

c. Protocol Type— By default, SFTP is selected.

d. File Path— Specify the file path or folder name in the server to which you want to save the data.

e. Username— Specify the server SFTP/SCP username.

f. Password— Provide the server SFTP/SCP password.

5. Click Save.

Restoring Data

To restore the backed up data:

1. In the Account Home page, under Global Settings, click System Management.

2. Click Backup and Restore tab. The Backup and Restore page is displayed.

3. In the Restore pane, click the Restore Now menu option. The Restore window opens.

4. In the Restore window, configure the following parameters:

a. Host name or IP address— Specify the host name or IP address of the server used to save the backup data.

b. Protocol Type— By default, SFTP is selected.

c. File Path— Specify the file path or folder name in the server from which you want to restore the saved data.

d. Username— Specify the server SFTP/SCP username.

e. Password— Provide the server SFTP/SCP password.

5. Click Restore System.

During the restore process, most of the services will be offline for the restore and get back online when the restore is complete. You can view the progress of the restore operation by logging into Aruba Central CLI through a serial console and use the show command to navigate to Backup-Restore status. For more information, see Accessing the Aruba Central CLI and Show Commands in the Aruba Central (on-premises) user guide.

Generating Logs

Aruba Central (on-premises) allows you to view and download logs related to the events that occurred during the backup and restore process. To generate the logs for the events, click the Generate Logs menu option in the Logs pane. Once generated, the logs can be viewed from the logs table.

The Logs table displays the following information and also allows you to download or delete logs:

File— Displays the generated file name.

Created— Displays the date and time of the log creation.

Status— Displays the status of the generated logs.

Action— Allows you to do the following actions:

Download— Select the file and click the icon to download the generated file.

Delete— Select the file that you want to delete and click the delete icon. In the Confirm Action pop-up window, click Yes.