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Restoring a backup file on the X10G security blade

 

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When you initiate the restore process, all current settings for the security blade or module are erased. Backup files stored on the blade are not affected. When restoring the full blade configuration, at the end of the restore process, the blade restarts. The blade is not restarted after you restore only a module.

To restore a security blade or module to a saved configuration:

1.	Stop all Websense software components running off the blade.

For example, stop Log Server, Sync Service, Linking Service, transparent identification agents, all components associated with the TRITON Unified Security Center, and the integrated Data Security Management Server.

2.	Open Security Blade Manager on the blade whose configuration you want to restore and go to the Administration > Backup Utility page

3.	Click the Restore tab, then select the configuration type that you want to restore from the Select restore mode list. Also, note that when you restore a full security blade configuration:

The current security blade version must match the version associated with the backup file. (The security blade version is displayed on the Restore tab.) Thus, a version 7.6.4 backup can be restored only to a blade that is at version 7.6.4.

The current blade policy source mode (full policy source, user directory and filtering, or filtering only) must match the policy source mode in effect when the backup file was created.

Restoring a full configuration re-creates the original blade and makes use of unique ID numbers from that security blade.

4.	Click Run Restore Wizard. The restore wizard opens.

5.	Select a radio button to indicate where the backup file is stored, and then click Next.

This remote machine: <host name or IP address>: Retrieve the file from the default location on the specified machine. The default location is the path specified in the backup schedule for the selected backup type.

This appliance: Use a backup file that was saved locally.

Another location (browse for file): Use a file saved on any accessible machine in the network.

6.	Select or specify the file to use.

If you selected the default local or remote backup file location, you are given a list of available backup files to use. Select an entry in the list, and then click Next.

If you selected another location, browse to the path on the remote machine where the backup file is located, and then click Next.

7.	Verify the details on the Confirm page, and then click Restore Now. The security blade is restored to the selected configuration.

If you have initiated a full appliance configuration restore, the blade is restarted during the restore process.

8.	Start the Websense components that are running off the security blade.

Note that if the restore process changed blade IP addresses, you may need to reconfigure or reinstall off-blade components to re-establish communication between on-blade and off-blade components.

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