Backing Up and Restoring
Best Practices:
Step
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Description
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1
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Before the upgrade:
- Save a snapshot of your source system.
This backs up the entire configuration.
- Save a backup of your source system.
This file lets you extract the most important configuration easily.
- Collect the file from your source system (see sk92739).
This file lets you see the most important configuration easily with the tool (see sk125092).
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2
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Immediately after the Pre-Upgrade Verifier (PUV) finishes successfully and does not show you further suggestions:
- Save a second snapshot of your source system.
- Save a second backup of your source system.
- Collect a second file from your source system.
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3
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Transfer the CPinfo file, snapshot, backup files, and exported database files to external storage devices. Make sure to transfer the files in the binary mode.
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Important notes about backing up and restoring in Management High Availability environment:
- To back up and restore a consistent environment, make sure to collect and restore the backups and snapshots from all servers in the High Availability environment at the same time. (This does not apply to Multi-Domain Log Servers.)
- Make sure other administrators do not make changes in SmartConsole until the backup operation is completed.
For more information:
For more information, see:
- sk108902: Best Practices - Backup on Gaia OS
- Gaia Administration Guide (see the Documentation section in the Home Page SK for your current version)
- sk54100: How to back up your system on SecurePlatform
- SecurePlatform Administration Guide (see the Documentation section in the Home Page SK for your current version)
- Multi-Domain Security Management Administration Guide (see the Documentation section in the Home Page SK for your current version) - Chapter Command Line Reference - Section mds_backup
- Command Line Interface Reference Guide (R77 versions, R80.20) -
migrate
command. - sk110173: How to migrate the events database from SmartEvent server R7x to SmartEvent R80 and above server.
- sk100395: How to backup and restore VSX gateway.
To back up a Security Management Server:
Operating System
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Backup Recommendations
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Gaia
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- Take the Gaia snapshot.
- Collect the backup with the
migrate export command.
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SecurePlatform
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- Take the SecurePlatform snapshot.
- Collect the backup with the
migrate export command.
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Linux
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Collect the backup with the migrate export command.
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Windows
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Collect the backup with the migrate export command.
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To back up a Multi-Domain Server:
Operating System
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Backup Recommendations
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Gaia
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- Take the Gaia snapshot.
- Collect the full backup with the
mds_backup command.
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SecurePlatform
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- Take the SecurePlatform snapshot.
- Collect the full backup with the
mds_backup command.
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Linux
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Collect the full backup with the mds_backup command.
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To back up a Security Gateway or a Cluster Member:
Operating System
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Backup Recommendations
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Gaia
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Take the Gaia snapshot.
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To back up a VSX environment:
Follow sk100395: How to backup and restore VSX gateway.