Mikrotik Backup and Restore on another Hardware ?

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Hi there ,

i bought a complete Hotspot Server from sylbek.ey, this one:

http://www.router-switch-shop.eu/hotspot-server-sbr453-hs-500-users-gigabit-gateway-vpn-qos/sylbek-81654-de.htm

i want to buy exactly the same to have a hardware backup. how do i manage it to completely ( 500 user, 2 scripts started by scheduler, edited html login sites , etc.) backup the system and restore it on the other hardware ?

whic steps are necessary ? my idea is to dump the system completly on a NAS and then restore it on the other machine by dump restore.


or is there another possibility to have a real time backup feature , or realtime fail over feature ?

sorry for my english, writing you from germany, thanks for the help !

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Don’t use the actual “backup” feature… that is for the same device.

Use /export file=whatever

Then, run it through MilliScript to get rid of MAC addresses and to clean it up.
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Milliscript

Then, on the new router, use /import file=whatever.rsc

Done!

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Check ‘/export compact’ feature. It only exports the settings that differ from default ones and ignores mac addrs

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Thanks a lot, i will try it when i got the 2.nd Hardwaqre…