Backing Up and Restoring Faspex |
Aspera strongly recommends backing up your IBM Aspera Faspex configuration and database as a precaution in case of system failure. You may also want to restore your Faspex configuration folder and database on a new machine where you've installed Faspex. To learn more about restoring Faspex, refer to (xref here).
Within the Faspex Web UI, go to Server > Configuration > Save/Restore to save your current Faspex configuration and database.
Click the Download button to save your current Faspex configuration folder and database in the format *.tar.gz. From this screen, you may also restore your Faspex configuration folder and database on a new machine by uploading the backup file and selecting the Restore button. Then, follow the steps in the topic Restoring your Faspex Database to finish restoring Faspex on a new machine.
To back up your Faspex MySQL database, open a Command Prompt (Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt) and run the following command:
> asctl faspex:backup_database
The preceding asctl command uses mysqldump to backup Faspex's three MySQL databases to the following directory:
OS Version | Path |
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32-bit Windows | C:\Program Files\Aspera\Faspex\Backup\(date/time stamp) |
64-bit Windows | C:\Program Files (x86)\Aspera\Faspex\Backup\(date/time stamp) |
In this directory, you will find the following file outputs:
Faspex Version | Backup File Output |
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2.5+ |
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2.0.1+ |
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Aspera also recommends that you back up your Faspex, Apache and MySQL application files, which--in addition to the database backup--will yield a full backup of the applications required to run Faspex. You can find the application files in the following directories:
Application | Location of Application Files | Files to Back Up |
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Faspex |
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Apache |
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MySQL |
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