Managing Backup And Restore

You can schedule backups to run automatically, and restore from backups in the event of system failure.

Note

This option is not available in Cloud Version

Configuring Backup

Schedule Recurring Backup Time

Go to Preferences in the top panel
Go to General > Backup in the left Preferences panel
Find Backup section in the Backup window. Click On for Scheduled Backup
Specify Time to have Backup recur
Specify Threshold for minimum disk volume
Click Update

Configure the Repository Type

Go to Preferences in the top panel
Go to General > Backup in the left Preferences panel
Find Backup section in the Backup window. Select proper Type from drop down
Click Update

Store Type	Description & Value
Local Disk	Save to Policy Server Local Disk
External Storeage(External HDD, SSD, etc)	Save to an external USB-type attached disk on the policy server
CIFS Storage	Perform a CIFS-enabled backup using Windows Sharing.
NFS Storage	Mount directories on Unix or Linux file systems to perform backups.
FTP SERVER	Transfer backup files via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). (For security reasons, it is not recommended that passwords be passed in plain text)
SFTP SERVER	Transfer backup files via Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) (recommended for secure encryption based on SSH)

Note

If you specify a storage device in a backup file as a type other than a local disk, you can respond to the loss of backup files when the Backup File Retention setting is set to ON.

Restoring From Existing Backup

Locate a Backup File and Restore

Click Preferences in the top panel
Go to Configuration > Backup in the left panel
Click Download Backup File button
Copy Backup file that you want to restore from the list and then exit out
Login to Policy Server through CLI Connecting Command Line Console
Type enable and Admin Password to get into Global Mode
Enter "do restore <filename> all" to restore backup

Restore from HA Configuration

If HA is configured, please contact Slack