You mean before the backup process, i should execute signal-event post-update ; signal-event reboot? Or before the restore process?
backup process from console triggers a
signal-event pre-backup
which dump mysql db in /home/e-smith/db/mysql/[dbnames].dump
which is then backup and restored using the console restore
at the end of the restore you need to to
signal-event post-upgrade ; signal-event reboot
so the *.dump files are copied to /etc/e-smith/sql/init/*.sql
and latter incorporated into the new mysql db during the boot process.