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authorGravatar Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de>2024-05-22 09:26:13 +0200
committerGravatar Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de>2024-05-23 12:11:41 +0200
commit51331ea2acd5f5563ed3641090bbb7f2104d3e96 (patch)
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parent0a46fb536f929f3248085072979b7acfe119dbd5 (diff)
backup-partition: support RouterOS copy-over...
... when run interactively from CLI.
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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Description
This script saves the current configuration to fallback
[partition](https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Partitions).
+It can also copy-over the RouterOS installation when run interactively.
For this to work you need a device with sufficient flash storage that is
properly partitioned.
@@ -26,9 +27,10 @@ To make you aware of a possible issue a scheduler logging a warning is
added in the backup partition's configuration. You may want to use
[log-forward](log-forward.md) to be notified.
-> ⚠️ **Warning**: Only the configuration is saved to backup partition.
-> Every now and then you should copy your installation over for a recent
-> RouterOS version!
+> ⚠️ **Warning**: By default only the configuration is saved to backup
+> partition. Every now and then you should copy your installation over
+> for a recent RouterOS version! For that run the script from terminal
+> manually.
Requirements and installation
-----------------------------
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ Just run the script:
/system/script/run backup-partition;
+When run interactively from terminal it supports to copy-over the RouterOS
+installation when versions differ.
+
Creating a scheduler may be an option:
/system/scheduler/add interval=1w name=backup-partition on-event="/system/script/run backup-partition;" start-time=09:30:00;