Gargoyle 1.12 - update from previous version

[lollapalooza]

Hello all,
I see that 1.12 has been released (altough the release notes are still to be published).

At the moment I'm running 1.10.0.
As far as I understand, it's not possible to preserve settings.

But is it possible to backup config, update firmare, restore config?

As last resort, I'd like to keep my bandwidth usage history for the last year... is it possible to backup that somewhere, and then restore to new firmware?

[RomanHK]

But is it possible to backup config, update firmare, restore config?

NO, settings cannot be maintained - Gargoyle 1.10.0 is built on the old OpenWrt (Chaos Calmer) platform and version 1.11.0 (1.12.0) is built on the new "LEDE" platforms. Here the configuration varies accordingly. However, you can try it manually at your own risk via WinSCP.

As last resort, I'd like to keep my bandwidth usage history for the last year... is it possible to backup that somewhere, and then restore to new firmware?

YES, bandwidth backup can be used, but you have to copy them manually and then restart. There are also exceptions when it crashes.

This thread might come in handy: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=12163&p=54626#p54626

[Lantis]

You may have missed these release notes?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12186

[lollapalooza]

YES, bandwidth backup can be used, but you have to copy them manually and then restart. There are also exceptions when it crashes.

Good to know ... just one more question: where do I find the files related to bandwidth monitoring?

[lollapalooza]

You may have missed these release notes?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12186

You are right... I missed that thread.

I was looking here, but there’s no trace of 1.12:

https://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/do ... =changelog

[RomanHK]

Good to know ... just one more question: where do I find the files related to bandwidth monitoring?

1. First stop the daemon:

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/etc/init.d/bwmon_gargoyle stop

2. Copy files from and to the directory via WinSCP:

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/usr/data/bwmon/*

3. Restart the router

[Lantis]

Yes I haven't written the article yet.

[lollapalooza]

[cut]
3. Restart the router

It worked!
Thank you very much!

[rseiler]

I noticed that the bwmon dir has four bdist* and four total* files. Is it safe to assume that those are the key eight in terms of bw history and that you can disregard the rest in a backup/restore?

The majority are openvpn* and qos*, but in terms of bw history, it's unclear if and how they'd matter.

There are also exceptions when it crashes.

What does that mean?

[RomanHK]

What does that mean?

This means that data files may be corrupted (incomplete, time shift corrupted) and the backup/restore may not be correct. Sometimes this will result in a restart loop.