Restoring A Configuration File - Linksys NSS4000 Series Administrator's Manual

Restoring a Configuration File

You can easily overwrite the current configuration settings with the configuration settings in a saved
configuration file.
NOTE: If you restore a configuration file that was saved in an older version of the NSS
firmware than the current version, check the settings after you restore the file to
ensure they were updated correctly.
To restore a configuration file:
1. From the Manager Menu, click Admin
The Configuration Manager page appears.
2. If the configuration file is not located on a volume in the NSS, copy it onto a USB flash device
and then insert the USB flash device into the AUX-1 port.
3. From the Stored Configuration Location field, select the volume that contains the saved
configuration file.
4. Click Update.
5. Click Restore.
A list of saved configuration files appear. Each saved configuration file is named according to
the time and date it was saved. The naming format is: HH.MM.SS.NN.DD.YY.tar.gz where HH =
hour, MM=minute, SS=second, NN=month, DD=day, and YY=year.
6. Set Restore Volume Encryption Password depending on whether you want to include the
encryption keys for the encrypted volumes in the restore. The NSS configuration backup includes
a backup of the encryption header for all the encrypted volumes (the encryption header contains
an encrypted version of the encryption key used to encrypt the volume data. Including it in the
configuration backup does not decrease the security of the encryption because this same header
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