execute backup

generates an EMS database backup

Synopsis

execute backup generates an EMS database backup.

A local destination for the file must be provided to the --local.file flag, if not saving a remote copy.

To save a remote copy, provide any --remote flags required to connect.

In either case, a --compress-type (either zip or database) and --backup.password for the database backup file must also be provided.

execute backup [flags]

Options

      --backup.password string   A password for the database backup file, which must be provided when the database is later restored
      --compress.type string     The compression type to be used for the backup [database|zip] (default "zip")
      --copy.service string      The service that will be used to copy to the remote host [scp|ftp|sftp] (default "scp")
  -h, --help                     help for backup
      --local.file /exchange     The file name of the local database backup to be saved (in the local host /exchange folder)
      --remote.file string       The path/file name on the remote host to where the database backup file will be copied. The remote user must have write access to this location.
                                 (For the FTP service, the file location is relative to the FTP root folder)
      --remote.ip string         The IP of the remote host where the database backup file will be copied to
      --remote.password string   The password for the remote user that will be used to connect to the remote host
      --remote.port int          The port to be used by the remote copy service. [default: 22 for SCP/SFTP, 21 for FTP]
      --remote.user string       The user that will be used to connect to the remote host

See also

• execute - for executing commands on the host
• execute restore - restores a database backup into EMS