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User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
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Chapter 17 Configuring System Operations
Scheduled Backups
• Using the Deployment Operations Page to Create a Local Mode Instance, page 17-22
Scheduled Backups
You can schedule backups to be run at periodic intervals. You can schedule backups from the primary
web interface or through the local CLI. The Scheduled Backups feature backs up ACS configuration
data.
You can back up data from an earlier version of ACS and restore it to a later version.
Refer to the Installation and Setup Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3 for more
information on upgrading ACS to later versions.
Related Topic
Creating, Duplicating, and Editing Scheduled Backups, page 17-6
Creating, Duplicating, and Editing Scheduled Backups
You can create a scheduled backup only for the primary instance. To create, duplicate, or edit a scheduled
backup:
Step 1 Choose System Administration > Operations > Scheduled Backups.
The Scheduled Backups page appears. Table 17-2 describes the fields listed in the Scheduled Backups
page.
Table 17-2 Scheduled Backups Page
Option Description
Backup Data
Filename created by backup includes a time stamp and file type information appended to the prefix entered
Filename Prefix Enter a filename prefix to which ACS appends the backup time stamp. For example, if you enter
ACSBackup as the filename prefix and backup is run on June 05, 2009 at 20:37 hours, then ACS creates
the backup file ACSBackup-090506-2037.tar.gpg.
Note In ACS web interface, you cannot configure utf-8 characters for a backup filename and a
repository name.
Repository Click Select to open the Software Update and Backup Repositories dialog box, from which you can
select the appropriate repository in which to store the backup file.
Schedule Options
Time of Day Choose the time of the day at which you want ACS to back up the ACS configuration data. Backups
can be scheduled on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
• Daily—Choose this option for ACS to back up the ACS configuration data at the specified time
every day.
• Weekly—Choose this option and specify the day of the week on which you want ACS to back up
the ACS configuration data every week.
• Monthly—Choose this option and specify the day of the month on which you want ACS to back up
the ACS configuration data every month.