Snapshot Management

A snapshot is a backup of the system settings and products. It includes:

A snapshot is very large. A snapshot includes the entire root partition, part of the /var/log partition, and other important files.

For this reason, snapshots cannot be scheduled the same way that Backups can.

Backup and Restore is the preferred method of recovery.

Notes:

When Gaia Check Point security operating system that combines the strengths of both SecurePlatform and IPSO operating systems. creates a snapshot, all system processes and services continue to run.

Policy enforcement is not interrupted.
You can import a snapshot created on a different software release or on this software release.

You must import a snapshot on the appliance or open server of the same hardware model, from which it was exported.
After importing the snapshot, you must activate the device license from the Gaia Portal Web interface for the Check Point Gaia operating system. or the User Center.
We do not recommend to use snapshots as a way of regularly backing up your system.

System Backup is the preferred method.

Schedule system backups on a regular basis, daily or weekly, to preserve the Gaia OS configuration and Firewall database.

Best Practice for creating snapshots:

Immediately after Gaia installation and first time configuration.
Before making a major system change, such as installing a hotfix Software package installed on top of the current software version to fix a wrong or undesired behavior, and to add a new behavior. or route changes.

Important:

After you take the Gaia snapshot, export it to an external storage.

You must not rename the exported image. If you rename a snapshot image, it is not possible to revert to it.
See sk98068: Gaia Limitations after Snapshot Recovery.
Maestro Security Groups that contain different Security Appliance models do not support Gaia Snapshot operations (in the Global Gaia Portal or Global Gaia Clish The name of the default command line shell in Check Point Gaia operating system. This is a restricted shell (role-based administration controls the number of commands available in the shell).).

To collect or import a Gaia Snapshot in such a Security Group, connect directly to Gaia Portal or Gaia Clish on each Security Appliance in the Security Group.