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YoucanbackupandrestoreyourvShieldManagerdata,whichcanincludesystemconfiguration,events,and
auditlogtables.Configurationtablesareincludedineverybackup.Youcan,however,excludesystemand
auditlogevents.BackupsaresavedtoaremotelocationthatmustbeaccessiblebythevShieldManager.
Backupscanbeexecutedaccordingtoascheduleorondemand.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“BackUpYourvShieldManagerDataonDemand”onpage 39
“ScheduleaBackupofvShieldManagerData”onpage 40
“RestoreaBackup”onpage 40
Back Up Your vShield Manager Data on Demand
YoucanbackupvShieldManagerdataatanytimebyperforminganon‐demandbackup.
To back up the vShield Manager database
1ClickSettings&ReportsfromthevShieldManagerinventorypanel.
2ClicktheConfigurationtab.
3ClickBackups.
4 (Optional)SelecttheExcludeSystemEventscheckboxifyoudonotwanttobackupsystemev enttables.
5 (Optional)
SelecttheExcludeAuditLogscheckboxifyoudonotwanttobackupauditlogtables.
6TypetheHostIPAddressofthesystemwherethebackupwillbesaved.
7 (Optional)TypetheHostNameofthebackupsystem.
8TypetheUserNamerequiredtologintothebackupsystem.
9TypethePasswordassociatedwiththeusernameforthebackupsystem.
10 IntheBackupDirectoryfield,typetheabsolutepathwherebackupsaretobestored.
11 TypeatextstringinFilenamePrefix.
Thistextisprependedtothebackupfilenameforeasyrecognitiononthebackupsystem.Forexample,if
youtypeppdb,theresultingbackupisnamedasppdbHH_MM_SS_DayDDMonYYYY.
12 FromtheTransferProtocoldrop‐downmenu,selecteitherSFTPorFTP.
13 ClickBackup.
Oncecomplete,thebackupappearsinatablebelowthisform.
14 ClickSaveSettingstosavetheconfiguration.
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