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Grid Backup

Overview

This program is a command-line utility designed to retrieve backups from the Grid Manager.

Usage

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Usage: grid-backup [OPTIONS]

  Backup NIOS Grid

Options:
  Required Parameters: 
    -g, --grid-mgr TEXT  Infoblox Grid Manager  [required]
  Optional Parameters: 
    -u, --username TEXT  Infoblox admin username  [default: admin]
    -f, --file TEXT      Infoblox backup file name  [default: database.bak]
    -w, --wapi-ver TEXT  Infoblox WAPI version  [default: 2.11]
  Logging Parameters: 
    --debug              enable verbose debug output
  -h, --help             Show this message and exit.

Example

Create and Download Grid Backup

The following example will download backup of the Grid Manager.

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grid-backup -u admin -g 192.168.1.2 -f database.bak

Screen output from command

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grid-backup -u admin -g 192.168.1.2 -f database.bak
Enter password for [admin]: 
2023-12-09 20:40:55 [nios_grid_backup.py:85] INFO connected to Infoblox grid manager 192.168.1.2
2023-12-09 20:40:55 [fileop.py:618] INFO step 1 - request gridbackup database.bak
2023-12-09 20:40:58 [fileop.py:628] INFO step 2 - saving backup to database.bak
2023-12-09 20:40:58 [fileop.py:675] INFO https://192.168.1.2/http_direct_file_io/req_id-DOWNLOAD-1210024055568763/database.bak
2023-12-09 20:40:58 [fileop.py:41] INFO writing file: database.bak
2023-12-09 20:40:59 [fileop.py:727] INFO file database.bak download complete