American Miltary Musuem Library - Daily - Procedure - Koha ILS backup



Koha Integrated Library System Backup Procedure

 USB File Transfer 

Full documentation with screenshots is available on the tanklandlibrary account in C:\Users\tanklandlibrary\Google Drive\Library Documents\Procedures\Daily - Backup - Library System 2014 01 02.odt

Procedure
Congratulations. You have successfully backed up the library computer.
 * 1) Login to tanklandlibrary account on Desktop machine. Password is on staff reference sheet.
 * 2) Doubleclick “putty - Shortcut” program on desktop (If icon not available, the program name ist C:\Users\tanklandlibrary\Documents\putty.exe)
 * 3) Type library in Host Name (or IP Address) box
 * 4) Press the Open Button (or press Alt-O) to open a connection to the Library computer.
 * 5) At the login as: prompt type koha
 * 6) Press Enter. - Note: Once you press Enter, the computer screen will take several seconds to respond. The delay is because it takes time for the program for remote access to load.
 * 7) Enter the koha password.
 * 8) The koha password is found on the staff reference sheet available from the museum curator or in the computer administration file folder.
 * 9) Plug USB external thumbdrive into a USB port on HP ProLiant Microserver (Library Computer)
 * 10) Verify that the USB external drive has mounted and insure you have the correct the name of the USB external thumbdrive: la -la /media You'll note that the new directory EAF3-FFFA is the name of the USB external thumbdrive used in this documentation.
 * 11) Copy the backup file to the USB drive using the following command cp /home/koha/backup/* /media/UUI/koha-backup/.
 * 12) You may have to create the koha-backup directory on the USB drive. If you get an error, issue the following command mkdir /media/UUI/koha-backup/
 * 13) Verify backup file has copied to the drive. ls -l /media/UUI/koha-backup/*
 * 14) Check the date and time on the backup to verify that it for the current date.
 * 15) Log out of the library machine with the command exit
 * 16) The putty program will exit and close.
 * 17) Place the USB external thumbdrive into the Desktop Computer.
 * 18) Open folder to view files
 * 19) Browse to the koha-backup directory located on the USB external thumbdrive.
 * 20) Copy the file into the C:\Users\tanklandlibrary\Google Drive\koha-backup directory
 * 21) Remove the USB external thumbdrive.
 * 22) Rename file to today's date in front of koha_library.sql.gz e.g. 2014 01 02 koha_library.sql