topic Re: Backing up for upgrade in Splunk SOAR

Backing up for upgrade

alexander5654 — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 20:07:01 GMT

Hi, my team is preparing to upgrade our phantom instance to the newest version, and I had a question regarding the backup before the update.

When I create the backup using the ibackup.pyc file, can i use that restore for a later version?

Just also making sure my understanding is correct, is all data deleted during the upgrade, or is the backup just done in case an update messes with things and allows you to restore to your previous, un-upgraded state?

Re: Backing up for upgrade

phanTom — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:43:51 GMT

@alexander5654 the restore will restore the entire platform state rather than just the data. Therefore it can't be used to restore to to a later version.

No data is deleted upon upgrade but a backup should be taken for any disaster type situation where a restore would be needed to a valid and recent point in time, as you alluded to in your question.

If this helps, please mark as a solution & happy phantoming!

Re: Backing up for upgrade

aocvy — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:21:37 GMT

What's the link to the backup documentation?

Re: Backing up for upgrade

phanTom — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:28:07 GMT

@aocvy Please find the docs here: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SOARonprem/5.1.0/Admin/BackupTools