Running Scheduled or Immediate NFS Backups

You can schedule NFS backups or run an NFS backup immediately.

1. In the appliance GUI, go to Administration > Backup/Restore Configuration.
2. Select the NFS radio button.
3. (Optional) Select to Optimize the backups so only incremental backups are run instead of a full backup each time.
4. (Optional) When the Bypass disk space checking check box is not selected (Default), the system will check for available backup space prior to backing up your log files.
   Note: Because the LogLogic application is very conservative, and because the total space required for backing up logs is difficult to accurately predict, the system may state that not enough storage space is available for backing up your log files when in fact you know that sufficient space is available. The default condition for this checkbox is unchecked, meaning the appliance will calculate (and possibly overestimate) the amount of backup space required. 



   Selecting the Bypass disk space checking check box on the Backup Configuration pane prevents the appliance from possibly overestimating the amount of storage space necessary for a full backup of your log data.

5. Enter the NFS Server IP address.
6. Set the NFS backup to automatically run on a schedule or to run immediately:
   • Select the recurring Backup Schedule days and time.

     Select the day(s) of the week on which you want automatic backups to occur, or select Everyday.

     Set the time for the automatic backups to begin on the selected days.

   • Select Start Backup Immediately.
7. Select the number of Backups To Retain that can be available for restore, up to 30.
8. Click Update to save the new backup configuration.
   The backup process creates an additional folder using the appliance IP address to avoid an accidental overwrite by another appliance.