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Chapter 3: General System Tasks<br />

Configuration file backup and restore<br />

What is not backed<br />

up or restored<br />

52<br />

Figure 21: Configuration<br />

Backup window<br />

About the<br />

Configuration<br />

Backup window<br />

The general rule is, if it is not a configuration file it will not be backed up. For<br />

example, the configuration backup/restore process will not process the mail<br />

queues, the audit trail, the log files, any executable files, etc. As such,<br />

modifications you make to non-configuration files will not be backed up and<br />

restored.<br />

Backing up and restoring config files using the Admin<br />

Console<br />

To back up or restore your configuration files using the Admin Console, start<br />

the Admin Console and select Firewall <strong>Administration</strong> > Configuration<br />

Backup. The Configuration Backup window appears.<br />

Note: See “Restoring configuration files using the command line” on page 646 for<br />

details on restoring configuration files when the Admin Console is not accessible.<br />

The Configuration Backup window allows you to backup and restore your<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> configuration files. Configuration files can be backed up to<br />

either a floppy diskette, the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> hard drive, or the hard drive <strong>of</strong><br />

another <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>. You can restore the backup configuration files using<br />

this window when your system is operational.<br />

Important: If you will be performing a configuration backup to or restore from a<br />

remote <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>, you must first configure the synchronization server<br />

information. (See “Configuring the synchronization server” on page 68.) You must<br />

also enable the Synchronization proxy rule on the remote <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>. See<br />

“Creating proxy rules” on page 222.

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