FreePBX Backup and Restore
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I figured I'd share my experience with a test that I just ran.
I created a backup using the Backup Wizard in FreePBX 14 answering yes to all items in Step 3, and used the local destination
/var/spool/asterisk/backup. Once created, I ran it manually. To put it to the test, I deleted all of the extensions, and restored the local backup (checking all items in teh/var/and/etc/directories as well as checking PBX settings.Alas, my extensions do not populate in the Applications > Extensions module. My first though was, perhaps I need to restart the server, for the change to take effect in the GUI, unfortunately, that didn't make a difference.
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@eddiejennings said in FreePBX Backup and Restore:
I figured I'd share my experience with a test that I just ran.
I created a backup using the Backup Wizard in FreePBX 14 answering yes to all items in Step 3, and used the local destination
/var/spool/asterisk/backup. Once created, I ran it manually. To put it to the test, I deleted all of the extensions, and restored the local backup (checking all items in teh/var/and/etc/directories as well as checking PBX settings.Alas, my extensions do not populate in the Applications > Extensions module. My first though was, perhaps I need to restart the server, for the change to take effect in the GUI, unfortunately, that didn't make a difference.
I have never successfully used the built in backup 100%.
For a DR backup, I shut down the VM, make a VM backup(snapshot, whatever) and then download that.
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For Vultr based systems I have tested reverting to a prior automated backup as well as a snapshot.
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Seems like an easy enough set-and-forget backup method. Just to see, I did create a backup without the wizard and used the "full" template. My extensions were restored as expected when I restored the backup.
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@eddiejennings said in FreePBX Backup and Restore:
Seems like an easy enough set-and-forget backup method. Just to see, I did create a backup without the wizard and used the "full" template. My extensions were restored as expected when I restored the backup.
I have set that up also, but not tested it because i know the VM backups work.
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I've used the built in backup. It works great, preserving everything properly, as far as I can tell.
