Restoring the system

Administrator Help | Forcepoint DLP | Version 8.5.x

Use the Forcepoint DLP "Modify" wizard on the management server to initiate the restore operation.


	Important Do not restore the backup on a machine that already exists in the backup topology—unless it is the management server itself. For example, if machine A is a master, and machine B is secondary to machine A, do not restore the backup of machine A into machine B.

To restore your system:

Make sure all Forcepoint DLP modules—servers, agents, protectors—are registered with the management server and the system is operating normally.

On the management server, open the Windows Control Panel and select Programs > Uninstall a program.

Select Forcepoint DLP, then click Uninstall/Change.

When asked if you want to add, remove, or modify Forcepoint DLP, select Modify.

Click Next until you get to the Restore Data from Backup screen.

Select the Load Data From Backup check box and click the Browse button to locate the backup file.

Select the Clear Forensics since last backup check box if you want to use only the stored forensics from your backup file; this will remove all forensics gained since the last backup. (Leaving it unchecked means that your forensics data after the restore will include the backed-up forensics and the forensics added since that backup.)

Click Next until you begin the restore procedure.

During the restore process, a command-line window appears; it may remain for some time, but it disappears when the recovery is complete.

The restore operation completely erases all policies and data (and, if checked, forensics) of the current system, and replaces them with the backed-up data.

Complete the restore wizard.

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To review the restore activity, read the DataRestore.log file located in the backup folder (for example, MM-DD-YYYY-HH-MM-SS).

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Log onto the Forcepoint Security Manager and select Deploy.


	Note If the backup system contains many policies, it may take a while to load the policies and deploy them.