Cisco SD-WAN Backup

[RS19]

Hi

Is there any mechanism by which we can take the backup of all the configurations from vManage such as a centralized backup which can be used in case of any restoration during any trouble or issue.

[elesani]

you can take backup from vManage configuration DB through below CLI:

>> request nms configuration-db

NOTE: above CLI will take a local backup from the configuration database. So you should run a separate scheduled script to transfer it to an external storage - central backup server or whatever you have inside your network

use below url for details: 

https://sdwan-docs.cisco.com/Product_Documentation/Command_Reference/Operational_Commands/request_nms_configuration-db

And if you need to restore vManage from a catastrophic crash, you can use below guideline.

https://sdwan-docs.cisco.com/Product_Documentation/vManage_How-Tos/Operation/Restore_the_vManage_NMS

[Ian Waddell]

Unfortunately that first link doesn't work anymore.  I found the command to backup the database locally, but like you said I want to transfer the DB file (scp) to a different server in case of crash.

I found an upload command but the Cisco documentation states it doesn't work for vmanage??

https://sdwan-docs.cisco.com/Product_Documentation/Command_Reference/Command_Reference/Operational_Commands/request_upload

Anyone know how to SCP the database file to remove server?

thanks

Ian

[stefan.radovanovici]

The correct first link is this: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/command/sdwan-cr-book/operational-cmd.html#wp3537591161

You can save the configuration database at a location on vmanage (such as the home folder of the admin user, for example) and then retrieve it via SCP. 

[Ian Waddell]

Anyone know how to script this to backup the DB periodically?  You would think this would be a built in feature.

[Raphithom]

We use the following script to create a backup from remote, and then copy it (pull) to our backup server via SCP (sorry tabs got lost in the copy process here):

function run_configdb_backup() {
        export VMANAGE_HOST=$1
        export VMANAGE_USER=$2
        DATE=`date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M"`

        # cloud hosted instances do not support automatic daily backups, so we need to create this manually first.
        # TAC SR 694690210 
        if [[ $1 == *viptela.net ]]
        then
                # delete pre-existent file
                echo "request execute rm -f /opt/data/backup/sastre-backup.tar.gz" | ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa ${VMANAGE_USER}@${VMANAGE_HOST}
                
                # create backup
                echo "request nms configuration-db backup path /opt/data/backup/sastre-backup" | ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa ${VMANAGE_USER}@${VMANAGE_HOST}
                
                # SCP file by using id_rsa SSH private key
                scp -q -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa ${VMANAGE_USER}@${VMANAGE_HOST}:/opt/data/backup/sastre-backup.tar.gz ${CONFIGDB_BACKUP_DIR}/${VMANAGE_HOST}/configdb-${DATE}.tar.gz
        else
                # SCP file by using id_rsa SSH private key
                scp -q -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa ${VMANAGE_USER}@${VMANAGE_HOST}:/opt/data/backup/daily/configdb-daily.tar.gz ${CONFIGDB_BACKUP_DIR}/${VMANAGE_HOST}/configdb-${DATE}.tar.gz
        fi

}

[akhil kamalakaran]

Any GUI option available for take DB backup from vmanager? 

[balaji.bandi]

Any GUI option available for take DB backup from vmanager? 

what backup you looking device or cloud devices ?

vmanage and other controller hosted by Cisco they take autobackup on cloud part of service.

[akhil kamalakaran]

what backup you looking device or cloud devices ?

vManage, on-prem 

currently i am taking vManage DB backup through CLI

request nms configuration-db

[balaji.bandi · Accepted solution]

until latest stable that is only option available, you can create a script out of box using Python to automate that if you looking to daily based.

example :

https://github.com/weiborao/vmanage-dailybackup

[akhil kamalakaran]

Thanks @balaji.bandi