Ensure the backup server supports the required algorithms for the System Manager remote backup. For more information, see Supported ciphers, key exchange algorithms, and mac algorithms.
About this task
Use this functionality to schedule a data backup on a remote server. If there is no successful backup in the last ‘n’ days, where ‘n’ is configurable, then System Manager raises an alarm. The backup can be remote or local. The default number of days is set to 7, but it can be configured to any number from 1 to 30 using the 'Alarm Threshold for number of days since last successful SMGR Backup' parameter.
On the System Manager web console, click Services > Backup and Restore.
On the Backup and Restore page, click Backup.
On the Backup page, click Remote.
Perform one of the following:
Specify the SCP server IP, SCP server port, user name, password, and file name in the respective fields.
Select the Use Default check box.
Important:
To use the Use Default option, provide the remote server IP, user name, password, and name and path of the backup file, and remote server port on the SMGR Element Manager page. For Use Default, on the SMGR Element Manager page, you can click Services > Configurations and navigate to Settings > SMGR > SMGR Element Manager.
Click Schedule.
On the Schedule Backup page, specify the following details in the appropriate fields:
