Back up a Server

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To perform a backup, you must run all commands on the primary and minion systems unless otherwise noted. Perform all steps on all standalone servers.

Prerequisites

All procedures require root-level access.

Procedure

Stop Carbon Black EDR services.
1. Copy and save all entries in the Carbon Black server section from /etc/hosts that are marked by {{BEGIN - CB Server}} and {{END - CB Server}} comments to a remote location. There might not be a Carbon Black server section, or the section might be empty.
2. Issue the following commands to back up files. (Not all files exist on some systems or installations.)
```
tar -P --selinux -cvf cbssh.tar /etc/ssh/
tar -P --selinux -cvf cbconfig.tar /etc/cb/
tar -P --selinux -cvf cbrootauthkeys.tar /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
tar -P --selinux -cvf cbinstallers.tar /usr/share/cb/coreservices/installers/
tar -P --selinux -cvf cbcrons.tar /etc/cron.d/cb
```
3. You can perform a full backup, or you can skip event core backups if migration space is limited. Issue one of the following commands.
  Full backup:
```
tar -P --selinux -cvf cbdata.tar /var/cb/
```
  Backup without event core:
```
tar --exclude=/var/cb/data/solr?/cbevents/* -P --selinux -cvf cbdata.tar /var/cb
```
4. Back up custom changes from the following locations:
```
/etc/rsyslog.conf
/etc/rsyslog.d/
/usr/share/cb/syslog_templates (on primary machine only)
```
5. Custom syslog changes might be specified in the /etc/cb/cb.conf file. Search the file for any SyslogTemplate= entries. For example:
```
WatchlistSyslogTemplateBinary=/var/custom/syslog/ watchlist_binary_custom.template
```
Save tar data to a remote location.