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Operations

This section covers day-to-day operations, monitoring, and maintenance of your mesh network.

Overview

Once deployed, the mesh network requires minimal maintenance. This section covers regular monitoring, backup procedures, firmware updates, and optional features.

Quick Reference

Task Command
Health check make verify
Mesh status make batman-status
Create backup make snapshot-all
View logs make logs

Section Contents

Document Description
Backup & Restore Backup strategies and disaster recovery
Firmware Management Upgrades, custom images, sysupgrade
USB Storage External storage configuration
Monitoring Collectd, statistics, alerts
Distributed Syslog Centralized logging
Recovery Disaster recovery procedures

Daily Operations

Health Monitoring

# Quick status check
make verify

# Detailed mesh status
make batman-status

# View recent logs
make logs

Backup Schedule

Frequency Action Command
Daily Quick backup make backup
Weekly Full snapshot make snapshot-all
Pre-change Full snapshot make snapshot NODE=1

Common Tasks

Check Mesh Status

# On any node
batctl o           # Originators (all mesh participants)
batctl n           # Neighbors (directly connected)
batctl gwl         # Gateway list
batctl if          # Interfaces in mesh

Restart Services

# Restart mesh interface
/etc/init.d/network restart

# Restart wireless
wifi reload

# Full reboot (safe)
reboot

Maintenance Schedule

Task Frequency Command
Health check Daily make check-all
Backup configs Weekly make backup
Audit configuration Weekly make audit
Check for updates Monthly opkg update && opkg list-upgradable
Review logs Monthly make logs
Test failover Quarterly Manual link disconnect

Emergency Procedures

Situation Action
Node unresponsive Check power, try SSH, use console
Mesh fragmented Check physical connections
WiFi not working wifi reload on affected node
Total failure Restore from snapshot

See Recovery for detailed procedures.