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13 From the Transfer Protocol drop-down menu, select either SFTP or FTP.
14 Click Backup.
Once complete, the backup appears in a table below this forms.
15 Click Save Settings to save the configuration.
Schedule a Backup of vShield Manager Data
You can only schedule the parameters for one type of backup at any given time. You cannot schedule a
configuration-only backup and a complete data backup to run simultaneously.
Procedure
1 Click Settings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab.
3 Click Backups.
4 From the Scheduled Backups drop-down menu, select On.
5 From the Backup Frequency drop-down menu, select Hourly, Daily, or Weekly.
The Day of Week, Hour of Day, and Minute drop-down menus are disabled based on the selected
frequency. For example, if you select Daily, the Day of Week drop-down menu is disabled as this field is
not applicable to a daily frequency.
6 (Optional) Select the Exclude System Events check box if you do not want to back up system event tables.
7 (Optional) Select the Exclude Audit Log check box if you do not want to back up audit log tables.
8 Type the Host IP Address of the system where the backup will be saved.
9 (Optional) Type the Host Name of the backup system.
10 Type the User Name required to login to the backup system.
11 Type the Password associated with the user name for the backup system.
12 In the Backup Directory field, type the absolute path where backups will be stored.
13 Type a text string in Filename Prefix.
This text is prepended to each backup filename for easy recognition on the backup system. For example,
if you type ppdb, the resulting backup is named as ppdbHH_MM_SS_DayDDMonYYYY.
14 From the Transfer Protocol drop-down menu, select either SFTP or FTP, based on what the destination
supports.
15 Click Save Settings.
Restore a Backup
You can restore a backup only on a freshly deployed vShield Manager appliance.
To restore an available backup, the Host IP Address, User Name, Password, and Backup Directory fields in
the Backups screen must have values that identify the location of the backup to be restored. If the backup file
contains system event and audit log data, that data is also restored.
IMPORTANT Back up your current data before restoring a backup file.
Procedure
1 Click Settings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
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