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Chapter 3 Administrative tasks 53
Nortel VPN Router Troubleshooting
You must create a directory on the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or Secure File
Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server before running automatic backup. If you specify
a path in the Admin > Auto backup window and the directory does not exist on the
FTP or SFTP server, the automatic backup fails and The host path does not exist
message is logged in the Event log.
Using the GUI for automatic backup
You can use the CLI to transfer backup files through SFTP or to trigger a backup
when a file or directory changes.
Transferring backup files through SFTP
You can now use an SFTP client to transfer backup files. Previously, you could
use only FTP.
To transfer backup files using sftp:
1 Select Admin > Auto Backup.
2 In the Automatic Backup File Servers section, click the sftp check box for a
particular server. FTP is the default.
Triggering a backup when a file or directory changes
You can trigger an automatic backup when a new file is created in a particular
directory, or when a file or a directory changes. The VPN Router checks at regular
intervals to see whether changes occur. These changes are written only to the
backup server you specify. You can optionally delete that file after the backup is
complete.
Note: Automatic backup does not recognize a path beginning with the
slash (/) character as it did in previous releases.
Note: To transfer backup files using SFTP, you must first configure a
remote Secure Shell (SSH) server.