NIOS Grid Backup

When the subscription is enable DTC has its own backup schedule.

When backing up NIOS, you can select

• NIOS - This is NIOS configuration data for the Grid.
• Discovery - This is to back up Discovery data for the Grid.
• Infoblox Reporting & Analytics App (if reporting server is attached to Grid). This backs up the Splunk application reporting data and its configuration.

Succeful backup via SCP generates the following syslog

• Facility: Daemon
• Level: Notice
• Server: scheduled_scp_backups
• Message: Scheduled backup to the SCP server was successful - Backup file /dir/path/to/backup/<gridname>_2025_07_25_11_15.tar.gz

Succeful backup locally generates the following syslog

• Facility: Daemon
• Level: Notice
• Server: manage_scheduled_backups
• Message: Backup to LOCAL was successful - Backup file /storage/backup/BACKUP_2025_07_25_11_15.tar.gz