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Chapter 6
Backing Up and Restoring Data
This chapterexplains howtoback uptheNetscape Certificate Management System
(CMS) data and configuration information and how to use the backups to restore
data if there is a need.
The chapter has the following sections:
• Backup and Restore Tools (page 49)
• Backing Up Data (page 50)
• Restoring Data (page 55)
Backup and Restore Tools
Certificate Management System provides tools to backup and restore the data and
configuration for a CMS instance. These tools can be used, for example, to back up
just your CMS data before you upgrade hardware or software on a machine. You
might also use these tools as part of your overall system backup plan, perhaps to
provide more frequent checkpoints of the CMS data than a nightly disk backup
would record.
Since only CMS configuration and data are backed up, you will need to take other
measures t o back up data for external PKCS#11 cryptographic or key storage
devices (such as smart card readers). If you rely on an e xternal device for key
storage (for example, tostore the CA signing key), make sure that its data is backed
up whenever you back up CMS data. When you restore the CMS data, it will rely
on the external keys still being available. Refer to the PKCS#11 module vendor’s
instructions for how to back up the data.