Backing Up and Restoring Faspex |
Aspera strongly recommends backing up your IBM Aspera Faspex on Demand 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, see Restoring your Faspex 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, run the following command in a Terminal:
$ asctl faspex:backup_database
The preceding asctl command uses mysqldump to backup Faspex's three MySQL databases to the following directory:
/opt/aspera/faspex/backup/(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 | /opt/aspera/faspex |
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Apache | /opt/aspera/common/apache |
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MySQL | /opt/aspera/common/mysql |
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