Backup NFA

[Jose Romero]

Dear community, I'm trying to back up an NFA 20.2 file and I have a question.

`mysqldump --routines --events -u root harvester --skip-lock-tables > harvesterbackup.sql`
`mysqldump --routines --events -u root data_retention --skip-lock-tables > data_retentionbackup.sql`
`mysqldump --routines --events -u root mysql proc > proc.sql`

Do these commands only back up configurations or also the statistical information stored by the harvester?

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[Jose Vicente Espinosa]

Hi Jose,

those commands just backup metadata and configuration from the Harvester database.

To backup the actual data, you need to make a copy of the following directories and their content on each Harvester

Historical (15-Minute) data: install_path\Netflow\datafiles\ReaperArchive15
High-resolution (1 minute) data: install_path\Netflow\datafiles\ReaperArchive
Flow Forensics (raw) data: install_path\Netflow\datafiles\HarvesterArchive

Raw data (used to run flow forensic reports) is usually not backed up

In addition, remember to backup any .config or .ini file you might have customised.

Regards

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[Jose Romero]

Thanks for your reply, so there's no backup of the historical data for the graphs?

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[Jose Vicente Espinosa]

Hi Jose, 

not in the database.

Historical data you consume on the Portal charts are stored as files in the folders indicated above.

Regards

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