Creating the initial cacti backup

Now that you have enhanced the backup script, you can finally create a backup that you will use to restore cacti as well as the cacti database on the new target system. This backup will contain the XML-converted RRD files, the actual Cacti files, and several configuration files. Not all of these will be required on the final system depending on the operating system type.

Time for action - creating the complete Cacti backup

The following steps will guide you through the process of creating a backup.

1. Log on to your Cacti system.
2. Change to the backup Cacti directory.

    cd /backup
  

3. Execute the backupCacti.sh file:

    bash backupCacti.sh
  

4. If this is your first backup, you will see the...