6-60
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
6






Configuring

Virtual

Contexts
Performing
Device

Backup

and

Restore

Functions
The
backup

and

restore

functions

are

supported

in

both

the

Admin

and

virtual

contexts.

If

you

perform
these
functions

in

the

Admin

context,

you

can

back

up

or

restore

the

configuration

files

for

either

the
Admin
context

only

or

for

all

contexts

in

the

ACE.

If

you

perform

these

functions

in

a

virtual

context,
you
can

back

up

or

restore

the

configuration

files

only

for

that

context.

Both

the

backup

and

the

restore
functions
run

asynchronously

(in

the

background).
Note
To
perform

the
back
up

or

copy

functions

on

multiple

ACEs
simultaneously,
see
the
“Performing
Global
Device
Backup

and

Copy

Functions”

section

on

page

6-68
Archive
Naming

Conventions
Context
archive

files

have

the

following

naming

convention

format:
Hostname_ctxname_timestamp.tgz
The
filename

fields

are

as

follows:

–

Hostname—Name

of

the

ACE.

If

the

hostname

contains

special

characters,

the

ACE

uses

the
default
hostname

“switch”

in

the

filename.

For

example,

if

the

hostname

is

Active@~!#$%^,
then
the

ACE

assigns

the

following

filename:

switch_Admin_2009_08_30_15_45_17.tgz

–

ctxname—Name

of

the

context.

If

the

context

name

contains

special

characters,

the

ACE

uses
the
default

context

name

“context”

in

the

filename.

For

example,

if

the

context

name

is
Test!123*,
then

the

ACE

assigns

the

following

filename:
switch_context_2009_08_30_15_45_17.tgz

–

timestamp—Date

and

time

that

the

ACE

created

the

file.

The

time

stamp

has

the

following
24

hour

for

mat:

YYYY_MM_DD_hh_

mm_

ss
An
example

is

as

follows:
ACE-1_ctx1_2009_05_06_15_24_57.tgz
If
you

back

up

the

entire

ACE,

the

archive

filename

does

not

include

the

ctxname

field.

So,

the

format
is
as

follows:
Hostname_timestamp.tgz
An
example

is

as

follows:
ACE-1_2009_05_06_15_24_57.tgz
Archive
Directory

Structure

and

Filenames
The
ACE

uses

a

flat

directory

structure

for

the

backup

archive.

The

ACE

provides

file

extensions

for

the
individual
files

that

it

backs

up

so

that

you

can

identify

the

types

of

files

easily

when

restoring

an

archive.
All
files

are

stored

in

a

single

directory

that

is

tarred

and

GZIPed

as

follows:
ACE-1_Ctx1_2009_05_06_07_24_57.tgz

ACE-1_Ctx1_2009_05_06_07_24_57\


context_name-running


context_name-startup


context_name-chkpt_name.chkpt


context_name-cert_name.cert


context_name-key_name.key


context_name-script_name.tcl


context_name-license_name.lic
Guidelines
and

Limitations
The
backup

and

restore

functions

have

the

fol

lowing

configuration

guidelines

and

limitations: