Using TISBackup¶

As seen in the section on installing TISbackup, once the TISBackup installation is up and running, we have the choice of these actions:

backup: launch all backups or a specific one if -s option is used
cleanup: removed backups older than retension period
checknagios: check all or a specific backup against max_backup_age parameter
dumpstat: dump the content of database for the last 20 backups
retryfailed:  try to relaunch the last failed backups
listdrivers:  list available backup types and parameters for config inifile
exportbackup:  copy lastest OK backups from local to location defned by --exportdir parameter
register_existing: scan backup directories and add missing backups to database

The 3 following options can be used with any tisbackup action.

the -c config_file option allows to specify a backup file, by default /etc/tis/tisbackup-config.ini is used:
```
tisbackup backup -c /etc/toto/test-config.ini
```
the -s section_name option allows to launch only the action on the specified section:
```
tisbackup backup -s section_name
```
the -d option allows you to simulate an action in order to see the commands launched by it.
```
tisbackup backup -d
```
backup launches a backup action:
```
tisbackup backup
```
cleanup removes backups older than the time specified in the backup_retention_time parameter of the configuration file:
```
tisbackup cleanup
```
checknagios allows the backup information to be uploaded to the nagios monitoring server:
```
tisbackup checknagios
```
dumpstat displays all information about the last 20 backups in tabular format:
```
tisbackup dumpstat
```
retryfailed restarts only the backup of the failed sections:
```
tisbackup retryfailed
```
listdrivers lists all the possible types of backups and their parameters:
```
tisbackup listdrivers
```
exportbackup copies the last good backup to a directory, you must use the --exportdir option to specify or copy the export:
```
tisbackup exportbackup --exportdir example_directory
```
register_existing checks the backup directory and saves information from previous backups to tisbackup in the database;

Exporting backups¶

With this procedure, you will be able to export your backups on USB Hard Disk Drives for your off-line backup needs.

The partition of your HDD must be ext4 formated and labeled tisbackup.

fdisk /dev/xvdc
Command (m for help): n
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
"Enter"
"Enter"
Command (m for help): w

mkfs.ext4 /dev/xvdc1
e2label /dev/xvdc1 tisbackup

Exporting a backup to an external USB HDD¶