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Restoring your Websense data
Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x
Related topics:
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Scheduling backups
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Running immediate backups
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Maintaining the backup files
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Discontinuing scheduled backups
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Command reference
When you restore Websense configuration data, make sure that you are restoring data for the components that exist on the current machine. Also make sure that all administrators are logged off of the TRITON console.
If you run the restore process on the Policy Broker machine, once the restore is complete, restart all Websense services in your deployment. This includes the services on and off the Policy Broker machine.
To initiate the restore process:
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Windows:
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Open a command prompt and navigate to the Websense bin directory (C:\Program Files or Program Files (x86)\Websense\Web Security\bin, by default).
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Enter the following command:
wsbackup -r -f archive_file.tar.gz
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Linux:
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Open a command shell and navigate to the Websense directory (/opt/Websense/, by default).
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Enter the following command:
./WebsenseTools -b -r -f archive_file.tar.gz
 
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Important 
The restore process may take several minutes. Do not stop the process while restoration is underway.
During the restore process, the Backup Utility stops all Websense services. If the utility is unable to stop the services, it sends a message asking the user to manually stop them. Services must be stopped in the order described in Stopping and starting Websense services.
The Backup Utility saves some files used for communication with third-party integration products. Because these files reside outside the Websense directory structure, you must restore them manually, by copying each file to the correct directory.
Files that must be restored manually include:
File name
Restore to
isa_ignore.txt
Windows\system32
ignore.txt
Windows\system32\bin

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