Hi Team,

How can we automate the process of taking automatic secure backup of an appliance on alternate days or so.
Do we have to use scheduled processing rules or do you suggest other better options.

I would not use scheduled processing rules to schedule a backup.

Use some external scheduler such as cron on Linux or Task Scheduler on Windows. Use the XMI Management Interface to send a SOMA command to execute the secure backup. 

Two other things to keep in mind when using secure backup/restore. Make sure you keep a copy of your key/cert pair off-box and make sure others know where this is in case you are not available to perform the restore. Also, when you perform a secure restore, the admin id is reset to the default password. All other credentials are not changed.

Hello Sumner,

Thanks for your post. How we are downloading the backup files (Secure Backup files) in secure way. FTP protocol is blocked in most of the organizations. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <env:Body> 
<dp:request xmlns:dp="http://www.datapower.com/schemas/management"  domain="default">   
<dp:do-action>       <SecureBackup>          <cert>MyCert</cert>         
 <destination>ftp://ftpuser:passw0rd@ipaddress:port/BackupDir</destination>          
 <include-iscsi>on</include-iscsi>          
<include-raid>on</include-raid>       
</SecureBackup>    
</dp:do-action> 
</dp:request> </env:Body> 
</env:Envelope>

Thanks,

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Dharmendra Himanshu
Chicago IL
8728257912
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You may consider using DataPower Operations Dashboard (DPOD).

You can use it for backups, firmware upgrades as well as for monitoring, troubleshooting, alerting, etc.

A short overview video is available on https://ibm.biz/dpod-docs