Summary

You should now be able to create automated backups of your Cacti installation as well as do some basic maintenance work.

Specifically, you've covered:

  • Creating an automated database and file backup—how to create a full Cacti database backup together with all-important Cacti data files
  • Restoring from a backup—how to restore a database backup and restoring single or all Cacti files
  • Managing the Cacti log file—how to include the Cacti log file in logrotate's configuration
  • Basic Cacti file maintenance—how to check for orphaned RRD files
  • Using Cacti repair utilities—how to use the Cacti CLI scripts for repairing templates and the database

You should now be able to perform some basic Cacti maintenance tasks. In the next chapter, you're going to learn ...

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