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+# Backup IP Leases in DHCP Server.
+
+# filename: backup-leases
+# policy: ftp, read, write, policy, test
+
+:global adminEmail
+:if ([:typeof $adminEmail] = "nothing" || $adminEmail = "") do={
+  :log error "adminEmail is not defined or nil."; :error "Error: Check the log"; }
+
+:local backupName "leases"
+
+# :global scriptsBackupTaken
+# :if ([:typeof $scriptsBackupTaken] = "nothing" || $adminEmail = "") do={ :set scriptsBackupTaken false }
+# :if ($scriptsBackupTaken = true) do={ :error "Backup of $backupName is already taken since last reboot!" }
+
+:local fileName "$backupName.rsc"
+
+:local emailStatus
+
+# remove existing file, if exists for unknown reason
+/file remove [find name=$fileName]; :delay 3s
+
+:log info "Creating a $backupName backup..."
+
+# take a backup
+/ip dhcp-server lease
+  export file=$fileName
+:delay 3s
+
+/tool e-mail
+
+:do { send to="$adminEmail" subject="Backup of $backupName" \
+    body="See the subject and the attachment." file=$fileName
+  } on-error={ :log error "Error sending email." }
+
+:do { :delay 5s; :set emailStatus [get last-status] } while=( $emailStatus = "in-progress" )
+
+:if ( $emailStatus = "failed" ) do={
+  :log error "Backup failed!"
+} else={
+  :log info "Backup is taken and is sent to $adminEmail."
+#   :set scriptsBackupTaken true
+}
+
+# Optional
+:delay 5s; /file remove $fileName