Cisco CSACS-1121-K9 - Acs Backup

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CLI Reference Guide for the Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.1
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Appendix A ACS Command Reference
EXEC Commands
Usage Guidelines Performs a backup of ACS data and places the backup in a repository.
Note Before you use this command, you may want to create an NFS staging area as a temporary
location to perform your backup packaging, because backing up data requires a lot of disk space.
For more information, see backup-staging-url, page A-113.
When you are using the acs backup command, the backup files include:
Database—Database files include data related to ACS as well as the ADE OS. You can view backup
files of the ADE-OS at:
– /storedconfig
– /storeddata
• Database password file—dbcred.cal, located at /opt/CSCOacs/db.
• Certificate store—Located at /opt/CSCOacs/conf.
You can access the /opt/CSCOacs/logs/acsbackup_instance.log file for information about the last backup
operation.
You can use the show backup history command to display the backup operations and determine whether
they succeeded. If the backup fails, you may be able to use the show logging command (or the show
acs-logs command if you are backing up ACS logs) to view troubleshooting information. Failures in the
ACS aspect of the backup are clearly described on the terminal.
If you use this command on a secondary ACS, no backup occurs. You can use the ACS web interface to
designate an ACS node to collect logs.
After you use this command, a time stamp is added to the end of the backup-name filename, to enable
periodic backups. For more information, see
acs restore, page A-18.
Examples acs/admin# acs backup mybackup repository myrepository
ACS backup file 'mybackup-081007-2055.tar.gpg' successfully copied to repository
'myrepository'
acs/admin#
Related Commands Command Description
acs backup Performs a backup of an ACS configuration.
acs-config Enters the ACS Configuration mode.
acs patch Installs and removes ACS patches.
acs reset-config Resets the ACS configuration to factory defaults.
acs reset-password Resets the ‘acsadmin’ administrator password to the default setting.
acs restore Performs a restoration of an ACS configuration.
acs support Gathers information for ACS troubleshooting.
backup Performs a backup (ACS and ADE OS) and places the backup in a
repository.
backup-logs Backs up system logs.