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22.7 Legacy Series / Backup xml > things missing
« on: September 06, 2022, 09:55:24 am »
I went ahead and reinstalled OPNSense on my server, this time using ZFS drive mirroring.
After initial configuration of IP via prompt, I logged on to the interface, went to System > Configuration > Backups and restored a backup file that was made just before the new setup.
In that backup restore the following was NOT restored, that I have noticed so far:
- DNS adressess
- Interface plugins - like api-backup and etpro-telemetry (it did actually keep the Telemetry token)
Several other settings were restored, but what is the purpose of the backup xml if it does not backup all the settings? Ok, it does not contain the plugin files, but it should tell the system to get them? And the DNS, is that not a kinda important setting? In all fairness it does list the relevant plugins as missing but makes no effort to get them.
Seems to me the backup documentation, that is tiny, should include information about what is not backed up, why, and relevant workarounds.
After initial configuration of IP via prompt, I logged on to the interface, went to System > Configuration > Backups and restored a backup file that was made just before the new setup.
In that backup restore the following was NOT restored, that I have noticed so far:
- DNS adressess
- Interface plugins - like api-backup and etpro-telemetry (it did actually keep the Telemetry token)
Several other settings were restored, but what is the purpose of the backup xml if it does not backup all the settings? Ok, it does not contain the plugin files, but it should tell the system to get them? And the DNS, is that not a kinda important setting? In all fairness it does list the relevant plugins as missing but makes no effort to get them.
Seems to me the backup documentation, that is tiny, should include information about what is not backed up, why, and relevant workarounds.