Backup screen details

Screen component

Description

General

Last backup downloaded

The creation date, time, and file name of the backup file that was downloaded.

Current backup

The date and time the current backup file was taken, who took it, and the file name.

Remote Backup Location

This information only appears if remote backup is set. Otherwise, the text “not set” is displayed with an URL (Edit backup) link.

Transfer protocol

The specified transfer protocol.

User name

The user account for the transfer.

Host name

The IP address or host name of the machine where the backup will be stored.

Folder

The folder (in the user’s home directory) where backup files are stored.

Schedule

This information only appears if a schedule is set. Otherwise, the text “not set” is displayed with a link to the Edit backup screen.

Frequency

Displays how often the automatic remote backup will occur.

Time

Displays the time of day the transfer will start. The time is specified according to the browser’s locale setting.

Links	Description
Create backup	Creates a backup file
Download backup	Downloads the backup file from the appliance to the local computer or remote backup location.

More information

Back up an appliance manually

Configure automatic remote backups

About backing up the appliance

Edit Backup screen details

Screen component Description

Remote Backup Location

Enable remote backup location

Check box to enable or disable automatic remote backups.

If disabled, the remainder of this screen is hidden.

Transfer protocol

The transfer protocol to be used. The choices are Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) or Secure Copy Protocol (SCP).

IP address or host name

The network location where the backup file will be stored. This value must be either a valid IPv4 address or a valid fully qualified domain name.

Folder

The name of the folder in the user’s home directory on the host. The backup files will be stored in this folder.

If the text field is blank, the default SCP/SFTP folder (the user’s home holder or directory) is used to store the backup file.

Data type:

Alphanumeric characters, underscore (_) and hyphen (-) characters only.

Do not use forward slash (/) or space characters in the folder name.

User name

The user account to be used for the automatic transfer.

Password

The password for the user account.

This parameter is required for configuration and whenever the user name or password for the account changes.

SSH host key

The public key used by the SSH server daemon on the remote backup SSH server to process incoming connections.

The SSH host key must be specified in the OpenSSH public key format.

The SSH server configuration determines how this key is stored.


	NOTE: Do not use the user keys configured on the remote SSH server to enable outbound connections with client programs such as `ssh`, `scp`, or `sftp`.