User`s guide

Chapter 3 Managing the Barracuda Spam Firewall ■ 43
Backing Up and Restoring System Configuration
Restoring System Data
To restore system configuration from a backup file:
Note: You should perform a system restore during non-business hours when there is less email traffic.
Performing a restore only takes a few minutes, but the Barracuda Spam Firewall will be out of service
during this short amount of time.
1. Restore system configuration as follows:
a. From the ADVANCED-->Configuration Backup/Restore page, click Browse.
b. Locate the configuration backup file (barracuda.conf) and click Upload Now.
2. If you are restoring configuration on a replacement Barracuda Spam Firewall, update the following:
– Virus and spam definitions (from the ADVANCED-->Energize Updates page)
– Firmware (from the ADVANCED-->Firmware Update page)
3. Restore the user settings as follows:
a. From the USERS-->User Backup/Restore page, click Browse.
b. Locate the user settings backup file (pu_config.tgz) and click Upload Now.
4. Restore the Bayesian database as follows:
a. From the BASIC-->Bayesian/Fingerprinting page, click Browse.
b. Locate the Bayesian backup file (bayes.tgz) and click Upload Now.