A couple of questions though: 1) Has anybody restored their setting with this and 2)when I run the above command I get a file named settings. What command to restore it?
Thanks.
Good questions.. I ran the command and just saved settings to /tmp. Copied it tomy pc to have a look at it.
Looks a bit binary to me when looking at it with notepad++. There are no "write" commands like fraters backup. This is not a file that can be executed so indeed.. we need some direction.
I think I figured it out. I did the backup on my 600N, then loaded the latest BS version on it. I copied the settings file back to the root directory then ran:
nvram restore ~/settings
It loaded them within a few seconds, I then rebooted the router (all the while crossing my fingers, toes and drank a couple of beers) and it cam back up! I checked all of my setting and they are in there. Very fast to restore. _________________ WRT1900AC v1-build r30731
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 15:42 Post subject:
Slione wrote:
barryware wrote:
Slione wrote:
A couple of questions though: 1) Has anybody restored their setting with this and 2)when I run the above command I get a file named settings. What command to restore it?
Thanks.
Good questions.. I ran the command and just saved settings to /tmp. Copied it tomy pc to have a look at it.
Looks a bit binary to me when looking at it with notepad++. There are no "write" commands like fraters backup. This is not a file that can be executed so indeed.. we need some direction.
I think I figured it out. I did the backup on my 600N, then loaded the latest BS version on it. I copied the settings file back to the root directory then ran:
nvram restore ~/settings
It loaded them within a few seconds, I then rebooted the router (all the while crossing my fingers, toes and drank a couple of beers) and it cam back up! I checked all of my setting and they are in there. Very fast to restore.
Good show.. Gotta hand it to you though speriment'n with a 600
I would still like to know more about it though..
Can it be used on diff hardware? It would be great if you could save & restore the file from the pc, etc.
Maybe a step by step _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
Good show.. Gotta hand it to you though speriment'n with a 600
That's why I drank the beers
Your other questions about using the settings on other units is one I'd like to know also. Hopefully someone with a lot more knowledge of it can give us some direction. _________________ WRT1900AC v1-build r30731
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Until those questions are answered, I will continue to use the backup script from "OTRW". This new way might be faster, but as it is a new feature, I really do not want to screw up my router. _________________ E3000 22200M KongVPN K26
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I have the latest version of MyPage installed which contains Fraters nvram backup utility. When I select a "Backup NVRAM TXT" the resulting file is returning the wrong output for rc_startup and rc_firewall.
nvram contains the following:-
Quote:
root@router# nvram get rc_startup
# get date
date
# get current directory
pwd
root@router#
Status, My Page, NVRAM, Backup NVRAM TXT, returns the following:-
Quote:
nvram set # get current directory"
nvram set rc_startup="# get date"
nvram set pwd"
nvram set rc_startup="# get date"
Does MyPage contain the latest backup script? I am running mypage_V0.16.4-20101020.tgz. How do I know if this contains the very latest version of backup script? Where can I get the latest version of the backup script from?
I have updated the script once more....
I added the flavour 'minimal' and some code that will delete the last saved config if it's (about) the same as the current one.
I think it may help in keeping things organized....
I have also written a script that will automatically restore the settings after a factory reset. It's not yet sturdy enough for publishing and it has a problem I can't fix in optware....
/opt is not mounted after a factory reset, so I need to mount it first
_________________ Asus RT16N + OTRW
Kingston 4GB USB-disk 128 MB swap + 1.4GB ext3 on /opt + 2 GB ext3 on /mnt
Copperjet 1616 modem in ZipB-config
Asterisk, pixelserv & Pound running on router
Another Asus RT16N as WDS-bridge
Thanks for such a great script. I just copied down the latest version of backupessential and have a couple of suggestions and comments.
1/ The filename retrieved by wget is backupessential. The examples in this file call it backupvars. It would be good to refer to this script by a common name.
2/ Any chance of adding how to get the latest version of this script at the header of the file.
Alternative, how about backupessential create these files if they do not exist as is done with vars_minimal?
3/ The comments at the head of the script state that the TRANSFER default is off but is actually on. The default being off makes more sense to me since there is a “-t” switch to enable transfer.
4/ vars_to_include is required but not listed as a script requirement at the top of the file.
5/ It would be good if this script would work without needing optware. Without optware you get a number of “ls –f” option invalid errors from the following lines.
Thanks for such a great script. I just copied down the latest version of backupessential and have a couple of suggestions and comments.
1/ The filename retrieved by wget is backupessential. The examples in this file call it backupvars. It would be good to refer to this script by a common name.
changed
kingsmill wrote:
2/ Any chance of adding how to get the latest version of this script at the header of the file.
Alternative, how about backupessential create these files if they do not exist as is done with vars_minimal?
I just did it for minimal because it was an addition, let's leave it
kingsmill wrote:
3/ The comments at the head of the script state that the TRANSFER default is off but is actually on. The default being off makes more sense to me since there is a “-t” switch to enable transfer.
fixed
kingsmill wrote:
4/ vars_to_include is required but not listed as a script requirement at the top of the file.
changed
kingsmill wrote:
5/ It would be good if this script would work without needing optware. Without optware you get a number of “ls –f” option invalid errors from the following lines.
fixed
I replaced -f with --color=never. So it will now work for good ol' busybox as well _________________ Asus RT16N + OTRW
Kingston 4GB USB-disk 128 MB swap + 1.4GB ext3 on /opt + 2 GB ext3 on /mnt
Copperjet 1616 modem in ZipB-config
Asterisk, pixelserv & Pound running on router
Another Asus RT16N as WDS-bridge
I have a 'cleardups' that will remove duplicate backups for you. experimental, but works..
I just wrote it to get rid of some backups I have.
Are you using it as a nightly cronjob too? _________________ Asus RT16N + OTRW
Kingston 4GB USB-disk 128 MB swap + 1.4GB ext3 on /opt + 2 GB ext3 on /mnt
Copperjet 1616 modem in ZipB-config
Asterisk, pixelserv & Pound running on router
Another Asus RT16N as WDS-bridge
I am actually using it to manually backup nvram when I make changes. My networks are not that dynamic so I don't really need to do a backup on a daily basis.
I seem to have forgotten a few crucial nvram variables for minimal in the new script.
Redownload it and remove /opt/usr/sbin/vars_minimal so it can recreate that file.
I have already a script that will automatically recover the settings after a factory reset.
Because this script does not start when USB is disabled it's not fully automatic. _________________ Asus RT16N + OTRW
Kingston 4GB USB-disk 128 MB swap + 1.4GB ext3 on /opt + 2 GB ext3 on /mnt
Copperjet 1616 modem in ZipB-config
Asterisk, pixelserv & Pound running on router
Another Asus RT16N as WDS-bridge
Unfortunately the diff command only exists when optware is installed. If you could compare the files using md5sum, which is a standard command within dd-wrt, then backupessential can still run without the need for optware.
Wanted to report an issue I noticed with "nvram set static_leases=" script output. Its missing an = sign after the IP address resulting in corrupt static lease fields.
This is based on the version I got from wd.mirmana.com/backupessential today 12/23/2010
output is:
"nvram set static_leases=00:00:00:00:00:00=box1=192.168.1.100 00:15:00:00:00:00=box2=192.168.1.101 "
needs to be:
"nvram set static_leases=00:00:00:00:00:00=box1=192.168.1.100= 00:15:00:00:00:00=box2=192.168.1.101=
SG
frater wrote:
kingsmill wrote:
Frater,
Thanks for such a great script. I just copied down the latest version of backupessential and have a couple of suggestions and comments.
1/ The filename retrieved by wget is backupessential. The examples in this file call it backupvars. It would be good to refer to this script by a common name.
changed
kingsmill wrote:
2/ Any chance of adding how to get the latest version of this script at the header of the file.
Alternative, how about backupessential create these files if they do not exist as is done with vars_minimal?
I just did it for minimal because it was an addition, let's leave it
kingsmill wrote:
3/ The comments at the head of the script state that the TRANSFER default is off but is actually on. The default being off makes more sense to me since there is a “-t” switch to enable transfer.
fixed
kingsmill wrote:
4/ vars_to_include is required but not listed as a script requirement at the top of the file.
changed
kingsmill wrote:
5/ It would be good if this script would work without needing optware. Without optware you get a number of “ls –f” option invalid errors from the following lines.
Wanted to report an issue I noticed with "nvram set static_leases=" script output. Its missing an = sign after the IP address resulting in corrupt static lease fields.
I just checked my backups and I can confirm that equal sign is missing.
I haven't noticed any negative effects as my static leases in nvram does contain that equal sign. Somewhere in this weekend I will have time to look into it. _________________ Asus RT16N + OTRW
Kingston 4GB USB-disk 128 MB swap + 1.4GB ext3 on /opt + 2 GB ext3 on /mnt
Copperjet 1616 modem in ZipB-config
Asterisk, pixelserv & Pound running on router
Another Asus RT16N as WDS-bridge
