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Backup and Restore FAQ : How do I back up and restore Data Security software?
How do I back up and restore Data Security software?
Topic 50215 | Backup and Restore | Data Security Solutions | 11-Mar-2014
Back up your Data Security system periodically to safeguard your policies, forensics, configuration data, fingerprints, encryption keys, and more.
Configuring and running the Data Security backup task
To configure the Data Security backup process:
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Log on to TRITON - Data Security and go to the Settings > General > System > Backup page.
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Enter a Path for storing backup files and, if necessary, Credentials for an account with read, write, and delete privileges to the path. The path must be in UNC format. C: is the default location for storing backups.
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Enter a value between 1 and 60 in the How many backup copies do you want to keep? field to specify how many separate backups to maintain (5, by default).
Each backup is stored in a separate folder. When the maximum number of copies is reached, Data Security reuses the oldest folder, overwriting the previous information.
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Indicate whether or not to include forensics in the backup.
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Click OK to save the settings.
Schedule backups when the system isn't under significant load. Each backup contains a complete snapshot of the system. The process collects needed information from other Data Security machines.
To schedule the backup task on a Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 machine:
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On the Data Security Management Server, go to Start > Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler.
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Right-click the DSS Backup task and select Enable.
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Right-click DSS Backup again and select Properties, then select the Triggers tab.
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Click Edit, and edit the schedule as required.
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Click OK twice.
If requested, enter your administrator password for the Data Security Management Server machine to confirm the changes to the task.
To schedule the backup task on a Windows 2003 machine:
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Double-click the DSS Backup task, then select the Schedule tab.
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On the General or Task tab (depending on your operating system), select the Enabled check box, then click OK.
To run the task immediately, right-click DSS Backup and select Run. Running DSS Backup creates a DSSBackup folder and a time stamp folder in the destination folder you specified. For example: \DSSBackup\2-6-2013-2-10-35-AM, where the numbers stand for the month, day, year, hour, minutes, and seconds.
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Restoring your Data Security configuration
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On the Data Security Management Server, open the Windows Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs (Windows 2003) or Programs > Uninstall a program (Windows 2008).
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Select Websense Data Security, then click Change/Remove (Windows 2003) or Uninstall/Change (Windows 2008).
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Click Next until you get to the Restore Data from Backup screen.
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Select the Load Data From Backup check box and click Browse to locate the backup file.
For endpoints, make sure the old DNS name points to the server's IP address.
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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.)
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Click Next until the restore procedure begins.
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To review the restore activity, read the DataRestore.log file located in the backup folder.
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If the backup system contains many policies, it may take a while to load the policies and deploy them.
In version 7.6.x, it can take up to 5 minutes for management services to start after restore. If more than 5 minutes pass and TRITON - Data Security is not available, please start all Websense services on the management servers.

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