Backup and Restore a GigaFlow Configuration
From Observer GigaFlow Support | VIAVI Solutions Inc.
Creating a GigaFlow Configuration Backup
After making changes to the GigaFlow server’s configuration, it’s important to make a backup of the configuration.
Using Windows:
- Open a Windows command prompt as administrator.
- Assuming that the PostgreSQL path has been added to windows, you can run the pg_dump command below directly. If not, either add it to the path or change the active directory to
C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\X.X\bin
, where X.X is the PostgreSQL revision, e.g 9.5. - Run:
pg_dump --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix –exclude table="macaddressvendors" --exclude-table="userevent* --exclude-table="systemhealt*" --exclude-table="savedreportdata" --exclude-table="netflow*" --exclude-table="arp*" --exclude-table="cam*" --exclude-table="searchip*" --exclude-table="all*" --exclude-table="events*" --exclude-table="all*" --exclude-table="profilingstats*" --exclude-table="summary*" --dbname=myipfix --clean --create --file=GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql
- You may be prompted for the database password, i.e. myipfix. This will create the file GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql in the active directory. Move this to wherever you archive configurations.
Restoring From a GigaFlow Configuration Backup
Warning: the following process will drop the existing database on the server.
- Stop the GigaFlow service (GigaFlow.exe).
- Upload the required GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql file to the machine.
- Run:
psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix < ./flowsecdump.sql
psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix -c "delete from serverparams where key in('serverid','installtime','license')" - You may be prompted for the database password, i.e. myipfix.
- Restart GigaFlow.