Crucial folders & files to backup ?

[Steve92]

Hi,

What are the crucial folders & files to backup on ECS ? On nodes ?

Thanks,

Regards,

Steve.

[Britgirl]

Hi, take a look at this article here: https://kb.nomachine.com/AR05T01160. You can use the --configsave command.

[Steve92]

Hi!

Interesting command. 🙂

Yet I’ve noticed a mistake in KB article: ‘NX’ has been forgotten in paths

/usr/NX/etc/server.cfg

/usr/NX/etc/node.cfg

/usr/NX/etc/nxdb

/usr/NX/etc/uuid

/usr/NX/etc/keys => whole directory

Moreover, I’m surprised at not seeing these config files :

/etc/NX/server/localhost/runner.cfg

/etc/NX/server/localhost/player.cfg

/etc/NX/server/localhost/node.cfg

/etc/NX/server/localhost/server.cfg

/usr/NX/etc/web.cfg

/usr/NX/etc/update.cfg

/var/NX/nx/.nx/config/player.cfg

/usr/NX/scripts/etc/localhost/player.cfg

/usr/NX/scripts/etc/localhost/runner.cfg

/usr/NX/scripts/etc/localhost/node.cfg

/usr/NX/scripts/etc/localhost/webplayer.cfg

/usr/NX/scripts/etc/localhost/server.cfg

Aren’t they crucial ?

Licence key file is a must too :

/usr/NX/etc/server.lic

Regards,

Steve.

[Steve92]

Hi,

Is this command actually reliable ?

Some files seem to have been forgotten…

Steve.

[Britgirl]

Moreover, I’m surprised at not seeing these config files

Those others you mention are related to the installation and not the configuration and the installation dir is not the scope of the --configsave command. Backing up the install path would create problems when installing on a different host if you are not using exactly the same path. What about if you want to move your configuration to a different OS? As mentioned in the article I linked, the configsave command is to 1) “preserve custom configurations, when it’s necessary to uninstall the current server for whatever reason and install it again”. Or 2) to “migrate the current server installation to a different machine, even running a different Operating System. (E.g. migrate from Windows to Linux)” or to 3) “in the case of multi-node setup, to preserve the current list of nodes and avoid re-adding and configuring them manually after a reinstall or a host migration.”

About the second question you posted, what do you mean with “some files seem to have been forgotten”? Did you try executing the configrestore command as per the article. What was missing?

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