Options for backing up Enterprise Scanner
Use the Backup and Recovery page to manage snapshots of configuration settings and to create complete system backups.
Types of backups
Settings backup
A settings backup is a snapshot file that stores all of your appliance configuration settings. You can have many settings snapshot files of different configurations.
Full backup
A full backup stores a complete image of the operating system and current configuration settings of the appliance. You can have only one system backup file. When you restore from a system backup, you restore the appliance to a previous state. Is this still valid for 2.4 agents?
For ES version 1.4 agents only: You cannot back up the operating system for an Enterprise Scanner version 1.4 agent if you are upgrading to an Enterprise Scanner version 2.1 or later agent, and then restore the settings for the version 1.4 system. You must use the version 1.4 of the IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner Recovery CD, included in the package with the appliance, if you want to restore the settings for the version 1.4 system.
If you restore a system before you make backups
The default system backup for a new appliance contains the original installation. If you restore a system backup or apply settings snapshot files before you create your own backup files, you are restoring the appliance to its installation defaults. The following consequences result:
vYou lose the configuration settings you have already applied.
vIf you restore from a system backup, you lose any updates you have already applied.
Important: You must reconfigure the agent starting with running the Proventia Setup Assistant. (The configuration process is described in the IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner Getting Started Guide.)
vYou must reconfigure the appliance starting with running the Setup Assistant.
vYou cannot access Proventia Manager until you reconfigure the appliance.
Important: Follow the recommended backup procedures to avoid having to reconfigure your agent in case of an emergency.
Date of last system backup
The System Status information about the Home page includes the date of the last backup in the Last System Backup field.
