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System Maintenance
Maintenance System Configuration
Backup and Restore
Backup and Restore is where you configure your system configuration backups.
You can also choose which backed up configuration to restore.
Both Backup and Restore have central management options. To use central
management, you must first configure it using the System > Admin Central
management screen, see “Central Management” on page 173.
Figure 102:Backup and Restore local options
Figure 103:Backup and Restore FortiManager options
Last Backup
Backup
Backup
configuration to:
Encrypt
configuration file
Filename
Comment
The date and time of the last local or remote backup.
Backing up to USB does not save the time of backup.
Back up the current configuration.
Select one of the displayed options:
• Local PC
• USB Disk - if the unit supports USB Disks
and one of:
• Management Station
• FortiManager
• FortiGuard
The USB Disk option will be grayed out if the FortiGate
unit supports USB disks but none are connected.
Apart from Local PC, all these options are available only
if that device or service is connected to the FortiGate unit.
Select to encrypt the backup file. Enter a password in the
Password field and enter it again in the Confirm field. You
will need this password to restore the file.
To backup VPN certificates, encryption must be enabled
on the backup file.
This option is not available for FortiManager backup
option.
Enter a name for the backup file.
This control is available only when USB drive is
connected.
Enter a comment to be stored with the backup on the
FortiManager device.
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