System Backup

• Back up the configuration of the Gaia Check Point security operating system that combines the strengths of both SecurePlatform and IPSO operating systems. operating system and of 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. database.

  You can restore a previously saved configuration.

  You can run the backup manually, or on a schedule.

  The configuration backup is saved in a *.tgz file in the /var/log/CPbackup/backups/ directory (on Check Point Appliances and Open Servers).

  You can store backups locally, or remotely to a TFTP, SCP or FTP server.

• Save your Gaia system configuration settings as a ready-to-run CLI shell script.

  This lets you quickly restore your system configuration after a system failure or migration.

Note - You can only do a migration using the same Gaia version on the source and target computers.

Important: When you create a backup on a Security Management Server Check Point Single-Domain Security Management Server or a Multi-Domain Security Management Server., make sure to close all SmartConsole Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on. clients. Otherwise, backup does not start. Maestro Security Groups that contain different Security Appliance models do not support Gaia Backup operations (in the Global Gaia Portal Web interface for the Check Point Gaia operating system. 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 Backup in such a Security Group, connect directly to Gaia Portal or Gaia Clish on each Security Appliance in the Security Group.