Reporter allows Administrators to back up databases. This operation can be done from the Manage Backups interface or the CLI command terminal. Administrators using Reporter 10.6 and later should use the Manage Backups feature in the web UI.
Reporter 10.x
Reporter 11.x
The following instructions are for creating a new database backup from the CLI command terminal. The Reporter must be stopped before creating a stable backup when using the command line.
enable
mode.stop-reporter
dbbackup list create
dbbackup create <database index number>
y
to confirm the backup creation.
Follow these instructions to restore a database from backup. A database cannot be restored from the command line if the Reporter is online.
To free up disk space you can delete older backups. You cannot delete a backup if Reporter is online.
enable
mode.stop-reporter
dbbackup list delete
dbbackup delete <backup index number>
to confirm the deletion.