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Chapter 4 Administering the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
Working with System Data
To restore Cisco Secure ACS Appliance data from an FTP server, follow these
steps:
Step 1 Log on to the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance. For more information, see Logging
On to the Appliance via Serial Console, page 4-2.
Step 2 Type restore.
Tip You can enter the following parameters following the command or in response to
subsequent prompts: [server] [username] [filepath]
Step 3 Press Enter.
Step 4 At the Enter FTP Server Hostname or IP Address: prompt, enter the FTP
server IP address or hostname and press Enter.
Step 5 At the Enter FTP Server Directory: prompt, enter the FTP server filepath and
press Enter.
Step 6 At the Enter FTP Server Username: prompt, enter your FTP server username
and press Enter.
Step 7 At the Enter FTP Server Password: prompt, enter your FTP server password and
press Enter.
Step 8 At the File: prompt, enter the name of the backup file and then press Enter.
Step 9 At the Select Components to Restore: User and Group Database: prompt, to
restore the user and group database type Y and then press Enter.
Step 10 At the CiscoSecure ACS System Configuration: (Y or N) prompt, to restore
the system configuration data type Y and then press Enter.
Step 11 At the Decrypt Backup file? (Y or N) prompt, if you previously encrypted the
backup file, type Y and then press Enter.
Step 12 At the Encryption Password: prompt, type the FTP password, and then press
Enter.
Note The system displays a warning message:
Reloading a system backup will overwrite ALL current configuration
information. All services will be stopped and started automatically