How to Back Up and Restore

Use the migrate utility to back up and restore Endpoint Security files. The migrate utility:

• Extracts the configuration files from the tgz.
• Copies them to the correct places.
• Restores the Endpoint Security management and Security Management Server databases.

To back up Endpoint Security data:

1. Open a command prompt on the source server.
2. Change directory to: $FWDIR/bin/upgrade_tools
3. Run migrate export with the path to the output (.tgz) file.

   For example: ./migrate export <output_file_name>

   The <output_file_name> can be the output file path. If you do not include an output file path, the utility generates the tgz file in the $FWDIR/bin/upgrade_tools directory.

   • To automatically include all client MSI packages, run:
     ./migrate export --include-uepm-msi-files <output_file_name>.tgz
   • To export files without MSI packages, run:
     ./migrate export <output_file_name>.tgz

To restore Endpoint Security data:

1. Copy the tgz file from the source server to the target server.
2. Open a command prompt.
3. Change directory to: $FWDIR/bin/upgrade_tools
4. Run migrate import with the full path to the input (.tgz) file.

   For example: ./migrate import <input_file_name>

   To automatically include all client MSI packages, run:

   ./migrate import --include-uepm-msi-files <input_file_name>.tgz

   To export files without MSI packages, run:

   ./migrate import <input_file_name>.tgz

5. When prompted, restart the target server.