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Backup

Backup from GUI​

  1. Go to motadata URL and navigate to Schedulers and select current date.
  2. Click on +Add button of Motadata Config Backup Job and create the scheduler with name e.g. Backup.
  3. Run the scheduler.

create backup

Create Backup

Backup of Virtual Machine (VM)​

If you are running the Motadata on a virtual machine, take the snapshot of the VM.

Backup of Physical Machine​

If you are running the Motadata on a physical machine, follow below steps:

  1. Take SSH of Motadata server.
  2. login into motadata:
login as: root

root@172.16.10.64: <enter-password>
  1. Stop the motadata service.:
service motadata stop
  1. Go to root directory:
cd
  1. Create a backup directory:
mkdir /home/backup
  1. Copy motadata folder (inside motadata folder) and paste it into backup directory:
cp -r /motadata/motadata ../home/backup