User`s guide

Backing Up and Restoring System Configuration
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■ Barracuda Spam Firewall User’s Guide
Backing Up and Restoring System Configuration
You can backup and restore the following information from the Barracuda administration interface:
■ Barracuda Spam Firewall system configuration that includes all the settings configured on the
various pages in the administration interface.
■ Per-user settings such as the allowed and blocked email lists created by each user, the users’
quarantine notification intervals, and the passwords your users have set.
■ Bayesian database that includes all the messages that have been configured as Spam or Not Spam.
Backing Up System Data
To backup your system:
1. Backup the system configuration as follows:
a. From the ADVANCED-->Configuration Backup/Restore page, click Backup.
b. Save the configuration file (barrcuda.conf) to a directory on your local system.
2. Backup the user settings as follows:
a. From the USERS-->User Backup/Restore page, click one of the following:
– Download Backup File to save the last backup file to a specified location.
– Create Backup File Now to create a new backup file instead of saving the backup file that
already exists.
b. Save the user setting backup file (pu_config.tgz) to your local system.
3. Backup the Bayesian database, as follows:
a. From the BASIC-->Bayesian/Fingerprinting page, click Backup.
b. Save the Bayesian backup file (bayes.tgz) to your local system.
Note: Do not edit the backup files. Any configuration changes you want to make need to be done
through the administration interface. The configuration backup file (barrcuda.conf) contains a
checksum that prevents the file from being uploaded to the system if any changes are made to the file.