Device Backup Configuration

On the TotalView Server Go to TotalView Configuration Tool -> Network > Backups. This section permits network equipment configurations to have scheduled backups. TotalView shows backup configurations can also do a diff against previous versions to see what has changed. Also, view the logfile of backups and initiate a manual backup from the web interface.

To use the device configuration backup capability, a master password must be set. This master password is used to protect the device login credentials from being used illicitly.

Once the master password has been set, it must be used for any changes made to the configuration, or anytime that the Device Configuration Wizard is used.

Note: If you must reset the password because it was lost, all credentials will be deleted in the system and will need to be re-entered.

Once the master authorization password is set, select the Credentials section.

Credentials

The first time you select Backup > Credentials in the menu (or any other Backup subsection), you will get a message that states Enter the Device Authorization password field.

Enter the password and select Authenticate. This displays the list of configured credentials.

Select Add to add credentials to the system. The dialog box asks you to enter the username and password that you would use for SSH connect to a switch or router. Typically, this would be your Radius server credentials or a set of credentials created on the system for TotalView to use.

Devices

Go to Backup > Devices section to assign device backups. This displays the list of devices with backup configurations.

Select Add if you need to add a device to the configuration.

Select the credentials from the Credentials drop-down menu to show you a list of devices, so you can use the appropriate credentials for the device and use the Filter field to filter the list.

It is recommended to select the device then select Test connection to verify those credentials and ensure the security token is read and stored. If this is the first time communicating with the device, it will ask you to verify the hardware security token.

The screenshot below displays an example of testing a connection.

Schedule Backup

Go to Backup > Schedule section to create a backup schedule of network devices. This displays the list of devices with schedules.

Select Add to add backup schedules for devices. Then select the backup type, set a schedule, pick a script (browse from the scripts provided with TotalView), and an email to notify once finished.

For the selected device, it will show the internal system description to help you determine what schedule and script to use to perform the backup.

The Script should be chosen based on the device manufacturer and OS.

Enter an email address that should be notified of backup success or failure.

The schedule information is entered in CRON tab format but can easily be modified by selecting Edit to see the full set of timing options.

Note the “Next Launches” field as it will show when the backups would be scheduled with the selected entries.

Select OK to completed the schedule changes.

Variables (Optional)

Go to Network Backup > Variables section for setting up backup variables for the backup scripts. This calls up the list of variables.

In some cases, you may want to use a variable in a script, and have TotalView fill in the variable when the script runs. This variable may be a password (for security reasons it will not save the variables to the files made during backup). Or the variable may be a variable that you may want to use in multiple scripts, such as a domain name.