Import Device backup to Management Center (MC)

Products

• Management Center - VA

Issue/Introduction

How to import device Backup to MC

Resolution

Import Device Backups to Management Center

From the Management Center Network tab, you can import device backups that you have previously exported. You may want to import a backup so you can restore an exported backup that has been pruned from Management Center.

Note:  Backups created while a device is in FIPS mode cannot be imported to a device that is not in FIPS mode. Conversely, standard backups (non-FIPS mode) cannot be imported to a device in FIPS mode.

Note:  SNMP trap settings are not backed up or restored.

Supported Devices

Management Center supports configuration backup/restore/import/export of the following device types:

• ProxySG
• Content Analysis
• Malware Analysis
• SSL Visibility
• Content Analysis 2.1

 
1. Click the Network tab.  Select a device from a device group.

2. From the Operations drop-down list, click Import Backups. The web console displays the Import Backups dialog.
3. From the Import dialog, complete one of following actions:

• Import from local file: If the file is stored on a local system, browse to the backup file.
• Import from server: If the file is stored on a web, FTP, or SCP server, define the URL path to the file and server credentials.
  • Download URL (*) - Enter the URL using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, or SCP.
  • Username - Enter the server username.
  • Password - Enter the password for this user.

4. Replacement Strategy (*): Select All or As Required.

• All: Replaces all existing backups with the backups that you are importing.
• As Required: This operation is dependent on the number of slots that you have provisioned for device backups in Administration > Settings > General. For example, if the maximum number of device backup slots is 10, and eight backups are pinned (locked), you can only import two backups. If you try to import three backups, Management Center attempts to satisfy the requirement to replace three backups. But only two backups will be imported because only two backup slots are available.

5. You can prune (delete) backups when exporting to a server, and you can do the reverse when importing backups by overwriting pinned backups. Select the Replace Pinned Backups check box. (You can pin backups from the Backup tab).

6. Click Import
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