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Cisco Global Site Selector Administration Guide

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Chapter 7 Backing Up and Restoring the GSSM

Restoring a Primary GSSM Backup

This section describes the procedure to restore a backup of the primary GSSM

database. It contains the following sections:

• Restore Overview

• Restoring Your Primary GSSM from a Previous Backup

Restore Overview

You may need to restore a previous primary GSSM backup for the following

reasons:

• You have replaced your primary GSSM with a new device and wish to restore

a previous backup to that primary GSSM.

• You are downgrading the GSS software to an earlier release.

• You have made a number of configuration changes to the primary GSSM and

would like to return to the previous backup of the GSSM.

When you execute a database restore on your primary GSSM, the archive file is

automatically unpacked and the database copied to the GSSM, overwriting the

current GSSM database. See the

“Backing Up the Primary GSSM” section for

details on performing a database backup of the GSSM.

Be aware that the GSS database may change between software versions. When

you downgrade to an earlier version of the GSSM database, any configuration

changes entered through the primary GSSM subsequent to your last software

upgrade will be lost. This includes configuration changes, device configuration

information, and DNS rules.