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# Automatic Backup on Remote Server
CA Administrator can Schedule the backup in the remote server by selecting mode as “Automatic” and Backup location as “Remote server”.
CA Administrator can Schedule the backup in the local server by selecting mode as “Automatic” and Backup location as “Local server”.
On the dashboard page, Click on the Backup tab which displays the below page.
By default “Manual” will be selected. Select “Automatic” as shown in the above figure.
Select Data to Backup. Refer Note below.
{% hint style="info" %}
Note:
1. If the CA Administrator selects Application backup then the CA admin should be able to create a backup of emCA properties (config name, serial no of certificate, DB name), configuration (path, user name, db-related data), logger property (log files, format, size), token config
2. If the CA Administrator selects certificate manager Database (complete sql db.) should be backed up.
{% endhint %}
Select When to backup from dropdown (hourly/Daily/weekly/Monthly)
By default backup location will be the local server. Select Remote location.
Enter the IP address, path (only folder name), Username, and Password of the system where the CA admin wants to create a backup.
Note: The system should not be shut down during the backup process.
Click on “Test connection”, if all the credentials entered are valid, the connection will be successful.
Click on the Confirm button which displays the below screen.
The CA Administrator should sign and authenticate with a token plugged into the system, select the user name, and enter a valid token PIN.
Click on the Backup button to schedule an automatic backup in the remote system and display a success message as shown in the below figure.
The backup will be stored in the path specified in Zip format. Extract the zip file to check the backup files.
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