In fact, almost all of the configuration to the MDs (Managed Device, controllers) are pushed from the MCR (Mobility Conductor), so having a backup of the MD may not be really required.
You can just login to each of your MDs, create flashbackup and download the backup file.
As far as I know, flashbackup is the only recommended backup as it includes the items you mentioned.
8.8.x and 8.10.x are quite similar in this matter; so I would not expect too much troubles. Upgrade your MCR(s) first, the 8.10 MCR can still manage the MDs running 8.8. Then upgrade the MDs. Or are you planning an upgrade from 8.8 to 10.x? That is a different story...
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Herman Robers
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Original Message:
Sent: Sep 20, 2022 06:27 AM
From: Anderson Spooner
Subject: Backing up files for AOS upgrade
Hello,
I am preparing for an upgrade from AOS 8.8x to 8.10.x. The setup consists of two Mobility Conductors (primary/standby), and a cluster of two md 72xx controllers
The release notes recommends the files to backup. I have a few questions that I need advise on:
- Backing up flashes. The release notes recommends when using the WebUi to navigate the Mobility Conductor node hierarchy to backup the flash. As there aren't options to backup managed devices, this will only backup the flash for the Mobility Conductor and not the other nodes. Therefore, should I log directly into the the other nodes (standby mobility conductor and md's) to back them up? If I was to perform the backups via the cli should i run the backup from the # prompt, or from within mdconnect?
- How can I backup the other recommended files on 8.10.x.? I know where to find the files on older 6.x releases.
Configuration data
WMS database
Local user database
Licensing database
Custom captive portal pages
x.509 certificates
Kind regards
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Coffeezz
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