ONTAP Configuration Backup Resolution Guide

Follow this guide to help you locate the proper solution for your ONTAP Configuration Backup question.
If you are attempting to recover a production cluster or node, contact Technical Support and reference this article for further details on the needed steps.

Overview	What configuration backup files are?
Managing configuration backups	How the node and cluster configurations are backed up automatically. Three separate schedules automatically create cluster and node configuration backup files and replicate them among the nodes in the cluster. Commands for managing configuration backup schedules. You can use the system configuration backup settings commands to manage configuration backup schedules. Commands for managing configuration backup files. You use the system configuration backup commands to manage cluster and node configuration backup files.
FAQs	Is it possible to backup the cluster configuration to an S3 bucket via HTTPS? Is it possible to backup the cluster configuration via HTTP to Apache? Is it possible to adjust cluster configuration backup schedules to run at different times? Is quota setting included in system configuration backup? Is SVM information included in the configuration backup file? Cluster configuration backup uploading should support SCP Error advising Cluster backup is saved on only one node Can Deploy appliance be recovered without a configuration backup? ONTAP Select Deploy is gone, is there any other way than manually configuring it?

Root volume space	Cluster configuration backup creation failed due to insufficient space Large system configuration backup due to netboot directory
Uploads	Failed to upload configuration backup file - Timeout was reached Failure of Upload of Backup Archive Post upgrade, configuration backup upload fails via FTPS Post upgrade Cluster Backup Job fails and continues to be restarted System config backup files are not being deleted on FTP server as per backup setting
Downloads	Unable to see configuration backup once downloaded from a web server
Configuration	Configuration backup cannot be distributed to node CIFS performance degrades during system configuration backup mgmtgwd.configbr.initFailed: Failure to initialize the configuration backup and restore feature Configuration backups fail: all nodes in the cluster have been invalidated Cluster backups fail with "Failed to create tarball for backup" System configuration backup fails mgmtgwd.configbr.deleteFailed
Root migration	Root migration fails. Node configuration backup fails with Error: mgmtgwd.configbr.backupfailed
Controller replacement	Error: "mgmtgwd.configbr.backupfailed" received after controller replacement Cluster configuration backup creation failed after headswap Unable to perform aggregate relocation due to 'mgmtgwd.configbr.backupfailed'