Network Router User Manual

Options for backing up Enterprise Scanner
Use the Backup and Recovery page to manage snapshots of configuration settings
and to create complete system backups.
Types of backups
Settings backup
A settings backup is a snapshot file that stores all of your appliance
configuration settings. You can have many settings snapshot files of
different configurations.
Full backup
A full backup stores a complete image of the operating system and current
configuration settings of the appliance. You can have only one system
backup file. When you restore from a system backup, you restore the
appliance to a previous state. Is this still valid for 2.4 agents?
For ES version 1.4 agents only: You cannot back up the operating system
for an Enterprise Scanner version 1.4 agent if you are upgrading to an
Enterprise Scanner version 2.1 or later agent, and then restore the settings
for the version 1.4 system. You must use the version 1.4 of the IBM
Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner Recovery CD, included in the package
with the appliance, if you want to restore the settings for the version 1.4
system.
If you restore a system before you make backups
The default system backup for a new appliance contains the original installation. If
you restore a system backup or apply settings snapshot files before you create your
own backup files, you are restoring the appliance to its installation defaults. The
following consequences result:
v You lose the configuration settings you have already applied.
v If you restore from a system backup, you lose any updates you have already
applied.
Important: You must reconfigure the agent starting with running the Proventia
Setup Assistant. (The configuration process is described in the IBM Proventia
Network Enterprise Scanner Getting Started Guide.)
v You must reconfigure the appliance starting with running the Setup Assistant.
v You cannot access Proventia Manager until you reconfigure the appliance.
Important: Follow the recommended backup procedures to avoid having to
reconfigure your agent in case of an emergency.
Date of last system backup
The System Status information about the Home page includes the date of the last
backup in the Last System Backup field.
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