diff -Nur smeserver-freepbx-13.old/createlinks smeserver-freepbx-13/createlinks
--- smeserver-freepbx-13.old/createlinks	2016-06-13 08:03:08.000000000 -0400
+++ smeserver-freepbx-13/createlinks	2017-01-25 15:56:22.776000000 -0500
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@
 templates2events("/etc/e-smith/sql/init/30freepbx_mysql_create_database", qw(freepbx-update bootstrap-console-save));
 
 event_link("freepbx-checkinstall", $event, "10");
+event_link("freepbx-checkinstall-backup", $event, "11");
 event_link("freepbx-amportal.conf", $event, "91");
 event_link("freepbx-clean-crontab", $event, "40");
 event_link("freepbx-dump-astdb", "pre-backup", "30");
+event_link("freepbx-backup", "pre-backup", "31");
 
 safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/$event/services2adjust/mysql.init");
 safe_symlink("sigusr1", "root/etc/e-smith/events/$event/services2adjust/httpd-e-smith");
diff -Nur smeserver-freepbx-13.old/root/etc/asterisk/freepbx_chown.conf smeserver-freepbx-13/root/etc/asterisk/freepbx_chown.conf
--- smeserver-freepbx-13.old/root/etc/asterisk/freepbx_chown.conf	2017-01-25 15:45:49.144000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-freepbx-13/root/etc/asterisk/freepbx_chown.conf	2017-01-25 16:05:42.195000000 -0500
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [blacklist]
 directory = /tmp/
+[custom]
+rdir = /home/e-smith/files/freepbx,0750,asterisk,asterisk
+
diff -Nur smeserver-freepbx-13.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/freepbx-backup smeserver-freepbx-13/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/freepbx-backup
--- smeserver-freepbx-13.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/freepbx-backup	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-freepbx-13/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/freepbx-backup	2017-01-25 15:47:41.342000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+su asterisk -s /bin/bash -c 'php  /var/lib/asterisk/bin/backup.php --id=1'
diff -Nur smeserver-freepbx-13.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/freepbx-checkinstall-backup smeserver-freepbx-13/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/freepbx-checkinstall-backup
--- smeserver-freepbx-13.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/freepbx-checkinstall-backup	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-freepbx-13/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/freepbx-checkinstall-backup	2017-01-25 16:06:20.613000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DBNAME=$(/sbin/e-smith/db configuration getprop freepbx DbName)
+backuppath='/home/e-smith/files/freepbx'
+
+# check if backup module is enabled and running
+# if not solve this...
+if [[ ! `/usr/sbin/fwconsole ma list|/bin/grep backup|/bin/grep Enabled` ]] ; then
+
+        if [[ ! `/usr/sbin/fwconsole ma list|/bin/grep backup`  ]] ;then
+                /usr/sbin/fwconsole ma download backup -R standard -R extended 2>&1  >/dev/null
+                /usr/sbin/fwconsole ma install backup -R standard -R extended 2>&1  >/dev/null
+        fi
+
+        if [[ `/usr/sbin/fwconsole ma list|/bin/grep backup| grep 'Not Installed'`  ]] ;then
+                /usr/sbin/fwconsole ma install backup -R standard -R extended 2>&1  >/dev/null
+        fi
+
+        if [[ `/usr/sbin/fwconsole ma list|/bin/grep backup|/bin/grep Disabled` ]] ; then
+                /usr/sbin/fwconsole ma enable backup 2>&1  >/dev/null
+        fi
+
+        /usr/sbin/fwconsole r
+fi
+
+# check our freepbx backup folder is there and accessible
+if [[ ! -d $backuppath ]] ; then
+        /bin/mkdir -p $backuppath
+fi
+
+# set first backup as the one for SME way
+# set destination
+mysql -e "use $DBNAME;UPDATE backup_server_details set value = '/home/e-smith/files/freepbx' WHERE server_id = 1;"
+# set info for backup 1
+#data = a:1:{s:10:"created_by";s:11:"install.php";}
+mysql -e "use $DBNAME;INSERT INTO backup (\`id\`, \`name\`, \`description\` ,  \`immortal\` ,\`data\`, \`email\`   )  VALUES (1, 'Default backup', 'Default SME PBX backup; automatically installed', 'true','', 'admin' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE   \`description\` = 'Default SME PBX backup; automatically installed',  \`immortal\` = 'true', \`email\` = 'admin' , \`name\`= 'Default backup' ;"
+
+mysql -e "use $DBNAME;ALTER TABLE backup_details ADD UNIQUE uniq ( \`backup_id\` , \`key\` , \`index\` ) ;"
+mysql -e "use $DBNAME;INSERT INTO backup_details (\`backup_id\`, \`key\`, \`index\`, \`value\`) VALUES
+(1, 'delete_time_type', '', 'days'),
+(1, 'delete_amount', '', '2'),
+(1, 'desc', '', 'Default SME PBX backup; automatically installed'),
+(1, 'cron_schedule', '', 'weekly'),
+(1, 'cron_random', '', 'on'),
+(1, 'cron_month', '', ''),
+(1, 'cron_minute', '', '0'),
+(1, 'cron_hour', '', '0'),
+(1, 'cron_dow', '', '0'),
+(1, 'cron_dom', '', ''),
+(1, 'bu_server', '', '0'),
+(1, 'delete_time', '', '0'),
+(1, 'email', '', 'admin'),
+(1, 'emailfailonly', '', '1'),
+(1, 'storage_servers', '0', '1') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE  \`value\`=VALUES(\`value\`) ;"
+mysql -e "use $DBNAME;ALTER TABLE backup_details DROP INDEX uniq;"
+# set what to backup
+mysql -e "use $DBNAME;ALTER TABLE backup_items ADD UNIQUE \`uniq\` ( \`backup_id\` , \`type\` , \`path\` ( 15 ) ) ;"
+mysql -e "use freepbxdb;INSERT INTO backup_items (\`backup_id\`, \`type\`, \`path\`, \`exclude\`) VALUES
+(1, 'dir', '/etc/dahdi', 'a:0:{}'),
+     (1, 'dir', '__ASTSPOOLDIR__/voicemail', 'a:0:{}'),
+(1, 'mysql', 'server-2', 'a:0:{}'),
+(1, 'astdb', 'astdb', 'a:0:{}'),
+(1, 'mysql', 'server-3', 'a:0:{}'),
+(1, 'dir', '__ASTETCDIR__', 'a:0:{}'),
+(1, 'dir', '__AMPWEBROOT__', 'a:0:{}'),
+(1, 'dir', '__AMPBIN__', 'a:0:{}'),
+(1, 'dir', '/tftpboot', 'a:0:{}') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE  \`exclude\`=VALUES(\`exclude\`) ;";
+mysql -e "use $DBNAME;ALTER TABLE backup_items DROP INDEX \`uniq\` ;"
+
+# make sure all perms are ok for backup
+/usr/sbin/fwconsole chown 2>&1  >/dev/null
+