Backup/Restore

the backup/restore pane allows you to do the following configure and initiate system backups and restore operations to prepare for possible hardware failures, litmus edge provides a disaster recovery plan to support device replacement create detailed, granular backup templates and exchange these templates between edge devices as json files backup/restore tab important backup/restore operations are not intended for replication of configurations these operations will fail when attempted if you create a backup on an instance of litmus edge running on a virtual machine, you can't use the same backup to restore an instance of litmus edge running on a physical device litmus edge offers a backup option which consists of generating a backup file with a list of configuration settings that can be applied to the same device or a new device you can use backup and restore in the following ways from the l itmus edge ui from litmus edge manager an alternative non litmus edge backup option is also available, s ee image backup docid\ uaeo25g s0uqiqyrkfspo for more details the following use cases are supported set up a newly installed litmus edge device with a different device’s configuration a user deleted or overwrote a portion of the configuration and wants to reset to a last known good configuration device hardware fails and the device must be replaced with another one see replace a damaged device docid\ cgstw8wruhcx9eotbzfo1 device hardware is upgraded see the upload a template section in manage templates docid\ vge3ag1qmw9s7yjs7 2ib template tab the template tab allows you to select configurations available for the litmus edge device and download them to a json file, thereby creating an edge device configuration template, which can be used for replication of litmus edge configurations to review what configurations are included in a template file, see manage templates docid\ vge3ag1qmw9s7yjs7 2ib you can create multiple versions of edge device configuration files you can then upload the template file to another edge device a successful upload applies the configuration to that device you can also apply templates to litmus edge using litmus edge manager, potentially changing the configurations for hundreds of edge devices for more information about templates, see templates docid\ me1x3i4rpt iignpcy1ga edge device templates docid\ nnxhggyezqqsdyajokc8f how backup works upon a backup o peration, litmus edge create a snapshot of a predetermined list of configuration settings (specified in backup file contents and file management docid\ q6abk1gtv i0eilnedok ) and stores it into a dat file how restore works upon a restore operation, the litmus edge is temporarily set into a blank state then it retrieves all the configuration settings stored in the dat file and applies all the settings into the litmus edge instance appropriately the litmus edge instance is then automatically rebooted choose between backup/restore or download/upload template backup and restore download/upload template purpose restore a hardware damaged litmus edge device clone a litmus edge device to other devices customizability cannot be customized and contains a predetermined list of configuration settings can be customized to contain a list of selectable configuration settings files generated/used dat file json file operation replicate and overwrite the litmus edge device's system state from the backup ( dat) file append (and not overwrite) its configurations settings to the litmus edge device access backup/restore ui to access the backup/restore pane log in to litmus edge from the navigation panel, navigate to system > backup/restore the backup/restore pane appears next steps prepare for backup docid\ v7n2duvf8nsak2x iclaw back up a device docid 2dmvdqmhualt7npxdmueu restore a device docid\ iqy8cndtul9t4mm59cvco replace a damaged device docid\ cgstw8wruhcx9eotbzfo1 manage templates docid\ vge3ag1qmw9s7yjs7 2ib image backup docid\ uaeo25g s0uqiqyrkfspo