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Options for Backing up Enterprise Scanner
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IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3
Options for Backing up Enterprise Scanner
Introduction
Use the Backup and Recovery page to create two types of backup files for your Enterprise
Scanner agent:
If you restore
before you make
backup files
The default system backup for a new agent contains the original installation. Therefore, if
you restore a system backup or apply settings snapshot files before you create your own
backup files, you are restoring the agent to its installation defaults. The following
consequences result:
●
You lose the configuration settings you have already applied.
●
If you restore from a system backup, you lose any updates you have applied.
Important:
You must reconfigure the appliance starting with running the Proventia
Setup Assistant. The configuration process is described in Chapter 2, "Installing and
Configuring an Agent" on page 27.
●
You cannot connect to the Proventia Manager until you reconfigure the appliance.
Important:
Use this option to automatically backup your system before it installs
updates to avoid having to reconfigure your agent in case of an emergency.
Using automatic
backup files
Consider using the automatic update option to create a system backup each time the agent
automatically installs a firmware update.
Reference:
“Configuring Automatic Downloads and Updates” on page 228.
Clearing the Java
cache
After you restore the system from a backup file, be sure to do the following before you log
back on to the Proventia Manager:
1. Close all browser windows.
2. Clear the Java cache.
Note:
For information about how to clear your Java cache, refer to your operating
system documentation. In Windows operating systems, it is typically available in the
Control Panel, under Java.
Important:
If you do not perform these steps, Proventia Manager may behave
unpredictably.
Date of last system
backup
The System Status information on the Home page includes the date of the last backup in
the Last System Backup field.
Backup Type
Description
Settings
Backs up your agent’s configuration settings. (See page 204.)
Full
Backs up the operating system and the configuration settings of
the agent. (See page 206.)
Table 72: Types of backups