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Web Security Server Administration > Backing up and restoring your Websense data > Scheduling backups
Scheduling backups
Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x
Related topics:
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Running immediate backups
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Maintaining the backup files
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Restoring your Websense data
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Discontinuing scheduled backups
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Command reference
Notify Websense administrators of the backup schedule, so that they can be sure to log off of the TRITON console during the backup process.
To schedule backups:
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Windows:
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Open a command prompt and navigate to the Websense bin directory (C:\Program Files or Program Files (x86)\Websense\Web Security\bin, by default).
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Enter the following command.
wsbackup -s -t "<m> <h> <day_of_month> <month> <day_of_week>" -d <directory>
Note that the time information uses crontab format, and the straight quotation marks and spaces are required.
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Linux:
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Open a command shell and navigate to the Websense directory (/opt/Websense/, by default).
2.
Enter the following command:
./WebsenseTools -b -s -t \"<m> <h> <day_of_month> <month> <day_of_week>\" -d <directory>
In addition to the \" characters at the beginning and end of the entire time and date string, if the string includes any asterisk characters (*), those must also be set off by a \" pair. For example:
./WebsenseTools -b -s -t \"45 1 \"*\" \"*\" 5\"
Here, the backup is scheduled to run at 1:45 a.m. on Fridays (regardless of the month or date).
In place of the variables shown in the example, provide the following information:
Variable
Information
<m>
0 - 59
Specify the precise minute to start the backup.
<h>
0 - 23
Specify the general hour of the day to start the backup.
<day_of_month>  
1 - 31
Specify the date to perform the backup. If you schedule a backup for days 29 - 31, the utility uses the standard substitution procedure for the operating system in months that do not include that date.
<month>
1 - 12
Specify the month to perform the backup.
<day_of_week>
0 - 6
Specify a day of the week. 0 represents Sunday.
Each field can take a number, an asterisk, or a list of parameters. Refer to any crontab reference for details.

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