We use a script which sends the backup file to an e-mail account, but yes, using the backup file can be tricky if the hardware is different, because the port numbers won’t match up. To get around that, I also wrote a script which uses export to list which addresses are on each port, and that also gets e-mailed to the backup e-mail account.
That basically works out to a text config companion to the backup file. - Darren From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 12:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Mikrotik automated backup options I see a whole lot of options out there with scripts using mail, etc. Waht works well, whats cumbersome, simplified is good, alerting on backups not taking place is better. As best i can tell, if you do backup to a backup file, that can only be restored to the same device, or am I misunderstanding that? I thought the dude could pull backups, but Im not seeing it anywhere in documentation I dont mind a combination of text config for reference and full backup file. In all likely hood a disaster restore would go to the same model, I just dont want the backup file restoring the original device MAC addresses We have a linux backup server that pulls backups from fortigates and imagestreams, but its a cumbersome process that I dont really monitor anymore -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
