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Web Security Server AdministrationRestoring your Websense dataTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xRelated topics: Scheduling backups, page 399 Running immediate backups, page 401 Maintaining the backup files, page 402 Discontinuing scheduled backups, page 404 Command reference, page 404When you restore Websense configuration data, make sure that you are restoring datafor the components that exist on the current machine. Also make sure that alladministrators are logged off of TRITON - Web Security.If you run the restore process on the Policy Broker machine, once the restore iscomplete, restart all Websense services in your deployment. This includes the serviceson and off the Policy Broker machine.To initiate the restore process:Windows:1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the Websense bin directory(C:\Program Files or Program Files (x86)\Websense\Web Security\bin, bydefault).2. Enter the following command:wsbackup -r -f archive_file.tar.gzLinux:1. Open a command shell and navigate to the Websense directory (/opt/Websense/, by default).2. Enter the following command:./WebsenseTools -b -r -f archive_file.tar.gzImportantThe restore process may take several minutes. Do not stopthe process while restoration is underway.During the restore process, the Backup Utility stops all Websense services. If theutility is unable to stop the services, it sends a message asking the user to manuallystop them. Services must be stopped in the order described in Stopping and startingWebsense services, page 385.The Backup Utility saves some files used for communication with third-partyintegration products. Because these files reside outside the Websense directoryTRITON - Web Security Help 403