1502 - Verifying NIOS Grid backup configuration
Scenario
The systems team has requested that you verify all NIOS Grid configuration is being backed up on a regular schedule to the remote server 10.100.0.11. Please verify every Grid Member is backing up its configuration and data.
Estimate Completion Time
15 to 20 minutes
Credentials
Description | Username | Password | URL or IP |
|---|---|---|---|
Grid Manager UI | ops | infoblox |
Requirements
Grid Admin access
Course References
1001: NIOS Grid Overview
1002: Using the NIOS Grid Manager UI
Lab Initiation
Access jump-desktop
Once the lab is deployed, you can access the virtual machines required to complete this lab activity. To initiate the lab, click on the jump-desktop tile and login to the Linux UI:
Username: training
Password: infoblox
Initiate lab
To initiate the lab, double-click the Launch Lab icon on the Desktop.
Launch Lab
Choose the lab number from the list and click OK.
After clicking OK, you will see a pop-up message with a brief description of the lab task. If the description looks correct, click Yes to continue lab initiation.
Lab initiation will take a couple of minutes to finish.
Once complete, you will see another pop-up message with the login credentials and the URL for the Grid Manager’s User Interface. Note that the credentials may differ from those from prior labs.
Tasks
Task 1: Verifying Grid backup configuration
Login to the GM web interface and verify the Grid configuration and data are being regularly backed up to the remote server 10.100.0.11.
Task 2: Verifying member backup configurations
Login to the GM web interface and verify that each Grid Member is on the same backup schedule, sending backups to the same remote server 10.100.0.11.
Solutions
Task 1 Solution: Verifying Grid backup configuration
Login to the GM web interface and examine the service status of the member ibns2.techblue.net visually.
Login to NIOS GM web interface
Navigate to Grid → Grid Manager
From the Toolbar, choose Grid Backup → Schedule Backup
If backups have been configured to a remote server, the operation should show the backup destination and protocol used for file transfer. Here, backups have not been configured. We can double-check by switching between the different protocols available for file transfer out of NIOS and check whether the configuration is present for TFTP, FTP or SCP. Screenshots below show configuration for each of the 3 supported protocols:
TFTP
FTP
SCP
Task 2 Solution: Verifying member backup configurations
Members do not have the ability to back up their databases individually. The GM holds the Grid Database, which is comprised of all member databases and configurations. One NIOS Grid, one backup file.