Protecting Your Data; Chapter 12 Protecting Your Data; Protection Methods; Configuration File Backup And Restoration - ZyXEL Communications NSA-220 User Manual

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This chapter compares the different ways of protecting data on the NSA and explains how to
use backup management software included on the CD.

12.1 Protection Methods

There are a variety of ways to protect your data on the NSA. Below is a summary table of what
can be done in each situation.

Table 42 Overview of Protection Methods

SITUATION
Unexpected NSA behavior after configuration
changes
Need to transfer data from your computer to the
NSA after volume(s) have been created
Data infected by virus
Hard drive malfunction.
NSA malfunction
Network down
Natural disaster such as a fire or earthquake
occurs where your NSA is located
The following sections describe these methods in more detail. See
more information on RAID.

12.1.1 Configuration File Backup and Restoration

Use the Maintenance > Configuration menus to create a file of your NSA configurations
such as passwords, shares and volumes created, network settings and so on. If you're going to
do some major configuration changes, then it is advisable to create a configuration backup file.
If things go wrong after you make the configuration changes, you can always go back to the
previous configuration by restoring an earlier configuration file.
If you forgot the NSA password, then reset the device to go back to the factory default
configuration.
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ACTION
Back up the NSA configuration file before you make
major configuration changes.
Use the Memeo Autobackup program.
Use anti-virus software on your computer to scan
files before saving them onto the NSA. Although this
may be slow so you may want to schedule it to
occur while no one is using the NSA.
Use a firewall with anti-virus capability on your
network.
Use RAID.
Back up data to another NSA or external USB hard
drive.
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