The procedure below will make use of the Cron (time based job scheduler) to extract current IMSVA configuration and to run a script to transfer the configuration to your FTP server.

1. SSH to the IMSVA server and login as "root".
2. Run the following command to create the ftpshare directory:

   mkdir -p /root/ftpshare

3. Go to the directory:

   cd /root/ftpshare

4. Create the script by running this command:

   vi ftpscript.sh

5. Press the 'I' key to go to the inset mode.
6. Copy the following script on the "Insert" mode:

   #!/bin/sh
   
   # Put FTP server details and credentials here
   SERVER="X.X.X.X"
   USERNAME="yourusername"
   PASSWORD="yourpassword"
   
   cd /root/ftpshare
   
   # login to remote server
   ftp -n $SERVER <<EOF
   user $USERNAME $PASSWORD
   binary
   put IMSVAConfigExport`date +\%Y\%m\%d`.dat
   quit
   EOF
   
   #removes the file from the directory
   rm -f IMSVAConfigExport`date +\%Y\%m\%d`.dat
   cd

7. Save the changes and quit by pressing the combination of keys in the order they appear:

   [ESC] :wq

8. Add permission to execute the script. Run the following command:

   cd
   chmod a+x /root/ftpshare/ftpscript.sh

9. Place scripts needed on the Cron tab to schedule when to run:

   crontab -e

10. Go to the “Insert” mode by pressing the 'I' key.
11. Add the following line at the end of all jobs:

    0 5 * * * /opt/trend/imss/script/imp_exp.sh -e /root/ftpshare/IMSVAConfigExport$(date +\%Y\%m\%d.dat) /dev/null 2 &1
    5 5 * * * /root/ftpshare/ftpscript.sh

12. This will back up the configuration into the /root/ftpshare/ folder every day at 5:00 AM and send the config to the FTP server at 5:05AM. Save the changes and quit by pressing the combination of keys in the order they appear:

    [ESC] :wq