MIKROTIK BACKUP TECHNIQUE

3rd November 2009 Cat: NETWORK with 3 Comments

Backup your mikrotik routeros or you will get trouble. Imagine that your mikrotik routerboard has damage and your configuration has lost. Or your mikrotik routeros was corrupted. You just put your hand on your head and you will say this : Oh My God…

I will give some tips to backup your mikrotik configuration, manually or automatically.

MANUAL MIKROTIK BACKUP

[admin@mikrotik] > system backup save name=mikrotik-backup
Saving system configuration
Configuration backup saved
[admin@mikrotik] >

Check your backup result with :

[admin@mikrotik] > file print
11 mikrotik-backup.backup backup 30496 sep/24/2009 14:19:53
[admin@mikrotik] >
LOAD YOUR BACKUP

[admin@mikrotik] > system backup load name=mikrotik-backup
Restore and reboot? [y/N]: y
Restoring system configuration
System configuration restored, rebooting now
[admin@mikrotik] >
SEND YOUR BACKUP TO YOUR MAIL

You can send any files to your mail. In this case, I want to send my backup file.[admin@mikrotik] > tool e-mail send to=erix_hp@yahoo.com@yahoo.com server=”156.147.xx.xx”from=erix_hp@yahoo.com file=mikrotik-backup.b
subject=backup-files

server=”156.147.xx.xx is your SMTP server ip address.
BACKUP WITH SCRIPT
1. Set Your SMTP Server
  
  [admin@mikrotik] > tool e-mail set server=156.147.1.1 from=erix_hp@yahoo.com
2. Make a Script
  
  [admin@mikrotik] >system script
  add name=”auto_backup” source=”/system backup save name=mikrotik-backup \n/tool \e-mail send file=mikrotik-backup.backup to=\”erix_hp@yahoo.com\” body=\” Mikrotik Backup System File \\” subject=\(\[/system identity get name\] \
  . \” \” . \[/system clock get time\] . \” \” . \[/system clock get date\] \. \” Backup\”\)\n”
3. Run The Script
  
  [admin@mikrotik] system script> run auto_backup
  [admin@mikrotik] system script>
4. Check Your Mail Inbox and make sure that you got the file.
AUTOMATIC BACKUP BASED ON YOUR SCHEDULE

[admin@mikrotik] > system scheduler add name=”backup_schedule_by_mail” on-event=“auto_backup”start-date=sep/26/2009 start-time=12:30:00 interval=7d
comment=”" disabled=no

[admin@mikrotik] > system scheduler print
Flags: X – disabled
# NAME ON-EVENT START-DATE START-TIME INTERVAL RUN-COUNT
0 backup_schedule_by_mail sep/26/2009 12:30:00 1w 0
[admin@mikrotik] >