Skip to content /system script add name="email-backup" source= :local backupName "autobackup-[/system clock get date]" /system backup save name=$backupName /export file=$backupName /tool e-mail send to="admin@example.com" subject="Backup from [/system identity get name]" body="See attachments" file=[$backupName . ".backup", $backupName . ".rsc"] :delay 5s /file remove $backupName . ".backup" /file remove $backupName . ".rsc"
Use ISO 8601 date formats ( YYYY-MM-DD ) so files sort chronologically.
# Binary backup (for same hardware recovery) /system backup save name=2025-04-22_binary.backup mikrotik backup restore better
If an import fails halfway, check the line where it stopped. Common issues:
Backups are restored in a test lab environment at least once a year to confirm data integrity. Common issues: Backups are restored in a test
Check "Password" to encrypt sensitive data source: ITWarehouse . Click Backup source: OperaVPS . Step 2: Portable Script Export (Via Terminal) Open the Terminal in WinBox.
If your hardware is changing to a different model, or you only need to recover a part of your configuration (like your firewall rules), you must use the .rsc script. let it be this:
For modern network management, than relying solely on the GUI Backup button. It provides the portability, transparency, and flexibility needed to handle complex network environments, hardware upgrades, and long-term configuration archiving. To help you with your next MikroTik project,
Emails them to your inbox or uploads them to an off-site FTP/SFTP server. Deletes the local copy to save disk space.
/certificate import file=certs.p12 /user import file=users.rsc
If you take one thing away from this guide, let it be this: