Overview

Use this procedure to save the running configuration settings of your Edge 8000 device to create a backup file. The sys-tools config backup command saves the running configuration settings and all components active in the device, including

  • Analog Manager -  SIP User Agent, SIP Gateway, and PRI Settings (8300 only)
  • Routing - All configuration settings

  • SBC SWe Edge - This is a pre-installed KVM virtual machine (VM), so the complete VM is saved in this process, including the running configuration.

    Note

    You can also save and download the SBC SWe Edge running configuration using the SWe Edge GUI interface.


  • User Management - Users and Passwords

The backup file name of the command can be prefixed with Alpha, Numeric, and these special characters !$%^&*()_-+=

The system will append the filename with _year-month-day-hour.min.sec 

When a prefix is not defined, the system creates the backup file as _year-month-day-hour.min.sec.tgz

This procedure applies to all Edge 8000 Series devices.

Attention

Ribbon highly recommends storing the backups at an off-site location to ensure the recovery of the backups in the event of an on-site disaster.

Caution

This operation causes a service disruption. Perform this procedure only during a maintenance window.

Prerequisites

  • System Administrator login access to the Edge 8000 CLI, SSH, or Console port
  • Physical access to the GE 7 port of the Edge 8000 device

Start

  1. Connect the management computer to port GE 7 at the front of the Edge 8000 device.
    The computer will receive a DHCP IPv4 Address on the Edge 8000's management subnet, 192.168.122.0/24.
    If the system's management network is reachable from the remote management computer, then SSH directly to the management IPv4 Address.
  2. Open a secure shell (ssh) session to the system's management IPv4 address. The default IP address is 192.168.122.1.
  3. Log in to the Edge 8000 CLI as System Administrator (sysadm) and enter the password.
  4. Change permission to root user by entering sudo -i. Then enter the sysadm user password.

  5. Execute the system tools (sys-tools) command to back up the device.
    Syntax
    sys-tools config backup <backup_file_name>
    The backup file path is /E8000/backup_config/
    The following example gives the name 8300-EAST-01 as the prefix of the backup file.

    # sys-tools config backup 8300-EAST-01
Config backup will interrupt voice services for approximately 60 seconds.
Current calls will be disconnected, Continue (yes/no)?
yes
copy /etc/rbbn/wizard.conf to /tmp/tmp.8CGXuEMXFT
copy /usr/local/mse/data to /tmp/tmp.8CGXuEMXFT
copy /data/db-manager/config.env to /tmp/tmp.8CGXuEMXFT
...
extract file from SBCSWeEdge  success
back file is /E8000/backup_config/8300-EAST-01_2023-07-17-09.10.01.tgz
[root@e8000 ~]#
  6. Exit the CLI session and remove the physical connection from the GE 7 port.