Creating a manual backup to an SD Card

The serial menu option Create SD backup manually creates a backup.
Prerequisites: You have installed Niagara and commissioned the controller with up-to-date core software.
  1. Start the controller.
  2. Make a serial connection from your PC to controller’s Debug serial port.
  3. Run the shell command to display ATLAS System Shell using the controller’s platform credentials.
    ATLAS System Shell
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
      hostid: ATLAS-SD-F93E-14C2-6345-D321
      serial number: 0
      system time: Tue May  2 14:17:37 EDT 2023
      niagara daemon port: https 5011
    
      en0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group 
        default qlen 1000
        link/ether 00:01:f0:96:41:8d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
        inet 172.31.67.86/22 brd 172.31.67.255 scope global noprefixroute en0
           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
        inet6 fe80::201:f0ff:fe96:418d/64 scope link
           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
      en1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN 
        group default qlen 1000
        link/ether 00:01:f0:96:41:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1   Update System Time
    2   Update Network Settings
    3   Ping Host
    4   System Diagnostic Options
    5   Change Current User Password
    6   Change System Passphrase
    7   Create SD Backup
    8   Restore SD Backup
    9   Reboot
    L   Logout
    
    Enter Choice : 7
  4. To start the manual backup , enter option no 7 Create SD Backup.
    The shell prompts you to confirm this action.

    Do you want to start backup now?  [y/N]? y

  5. To start the backup, type y.
    The backup procedure starts and, when finished, displays “Backup Successful.”

    Backup Started,
    Please wait for backup to complete...
    Backup Successful