Scheduling Database Backups

Jamf Pro Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux 11.16.0
Solution
Application
Content Type
Technical Documentation
Utilities & Services
version
11.16.0
ft:locale
en-US
vrm_version
11.16.0

You can schedule database backups to occur on an ongoing basis. You can also automate the deletion of scheduled backup files that are older than a specified number of days.

  1. Open the Jamf Pro Server Tools GUI by performing the following steps:
    1. Open a command terminal and enter the following but do not press Enter:
      java -jar
    2. Drag the Jamf Pro Server Tools .jar file into the window. This will add the .jar file path to the java -jar command.
    3. Press Enter.
  2. Click Scheduled Backups in the sidebar.
  3. Select the Enable scheduled backups checkbox.
  4. If prompted, enter your Jamf Pro Server Tools configuration password.
  5. Choose the hour and the days that you want backups to occur.
  6. To automatically delete old backups, enter the number of most-recent backups that you want to keep in the Backups limit field. All older backup files will be deleted when the scheduled backups run. To retain all backups, enter "0".
  7. To save the backups in a custom location, click Browse and select a new location. It is recommended that you store the backups on a separate drive.