Backing Up and Restoring the System

To create a backup

Step

Instructions

1

In the navigation tree, click Maintenance > System Backup.

Refer to the Backup section.

2

Click Backup.

3

Select the location of the backup file:

This appliance

To store the collected backup locally
Management

To send the collected backup to the Security Management Server Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to manage the objects and policies in a Check Point environment within a single management Domain. Synonym: Single-Domain Security Management Server. that manages this Security Gateway Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources..
SCP server

To send the collected backup to an SCP server.

Enter the IP address, User name, Password and Upload path.
FTP server

To send the collected backup to an FTP server.

Enter the IP address, User name, Password and Upload path.
TFTP server

To send the collected backup to a TFTP server.

Enter the IP address.

Important:

Gaia Portal Web interface for the Check Point Gaia operating system. does not support the change of backup file names. You can change a backup file name in the Expert mode. Make sure not to use special characters.

To restore from a locally saved backup

Step

Instructions

1

In the navigation tree, click Maintenance > System Backup.

Refer to the Backup section.

2

Select the backup file.

3

Click Restore.

To restore from a remotely saved backup

Step	Instructions
1	In the navigation tree, click Maintenance > System Backup. Refer to the Backup section.
2	Click Restore Remote Backup.
3	Enter the full name of the backup file on a remote server.
4	Select the location of the backup file: Management To restore the backup from the Security Management Server Check Point Single-Domain Security Management Server or a Multi-Domain Security Management Server. that manages this Security Gateway SCP server To restore the backup from an SCP server. Enter the IP address, User name, Password and Upload path. FTP server To restore the backup from an FTP server. Enter the IP address, User name, Password and Upload path. TFTP server To restore the backup from a TFTP server. Enter the IP address.
5	Click Restore.

To export an existing backup

Step	Instructions
1	In the navigation tree, click Maintenance > System Backup. Refer to the Backup section.
2	Select the backup file.
3	Click Export.
4	Click OK to confirm. Make sure you have enough free disk space on your computer.

To import a backup

Step	Instructions
1	In the navigation tree, click Maintenance > System Backup. Refer to the Backup section.
2	Select the backup file.
3	Click Import.
4	Click Browse and select the backup file on your computer.
5	Click Import.

To delete a backup

Step	Instructions
1	In the navigation tree, click Maintenance > System Backup. Refer to the Backup section.
2	Select the backup file.
3	Click Delete.
4	Click OK to confirm.

To collect a backup and store it locally

add backup local [interactive]

To collect a backup and upload it to an SCP server

add backup scp ip <IPv4 Address of SCP Server> path <Path on SCP Server> username <User Name on SCP Server> [password <Password in Plain Text>] [interactive]

To collect a backup and upload it to an FTP server

add backup ftp ip <IPv4 Address of FTP Server> path <Path on FTP Server> username <User Name on FTP Server> [password <Password in Plain Text>] [interactive]

To collect a backup and upload it to a TFTP server

add backup tftp ip <IPv4 Address of TFTP Server> [interactive]

To show the status of the latest backup

show backup {last-successful | logs | status}

To show the list of local backups and their location

show backups

Example

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > add backup local

Creating backup package. Use the command 'show backups' to monitor creation progress.

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 >

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > show backup status

Performing local backup

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 >

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 > show backups

backup_gw-8b0891_22_7_2012_14_29.tgz Sun, Jul 22, 2012 109.73 MB

[Global] MyChassis-ch01-01 >

To restore a backup from a local hard disk

set backup restore local<SPACE><TAB>

To restore a backup from an SCP Server

set backup restore scp ip <IPv4 Address of SCP Server> path <Path on SCP Server> file <Name of Backup File> username <User Name on SCP Server> [password <Password in Plain Text>] [interactive]

To restore a backup from an FTP Server

set backup restore ftp ip <IPv4 Address of FTP Server> path <Path on FTP Server> file <Name of Backup File> username <User Name on FTP Server> [password <Password in Plain Text>] [interactive]

To restore a backup from a TFTP Server

set backup restore tftp ip <IPv4 Address of TFTP Server> file <Name of Backup File> [interactive]

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