Dell SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 10.5.3

Fabric back up and restore

You can backup the SFS configuration to an external device, and restore the fabric to a good state using the backed-up configuration during a failure or error.

The backup functionality allows you to backup all the user configuration to a text file in JSON format. The REST endpoints are available that returns a text file containing all the user configuration that was done through the REST interfaces.

The restore functionality allows you to restore the fabric to a last known good configuration. The REST endpoint is available that enables you to stream the backed-up configuration. The restore action wipes the data completely and restores the configuration on the switches from the backup file. The restore functionality is followed by leadership switchover. For the successful restore operation to occur, the restore activity should be applied to the same set of switches in the fabric. Also, the SFS personality should be the same when the backup was performed.

The backup and restore endpoints are accessible only for the users with sysadmin role. The REST payload is encrypted using the SSL protocol.

You can also restore the configuration for a fabric from SFS UI, see Restore.