McAfee EPOLICY ORCHESTRATOR 4.5 Product Manual page 43

Configuring ePolicy Orchestrator
Security keys and how they work
Backing up all security keys
McAfee recommends periodically backing up all security keys, and always creating a backup
before making any changes to the key management settings. Store the backup in a secure
network location, so that the keys can be restored easily in the unexpected event any are lost
from the ePO server.
Use this task to back up all security keys that are currently managed on this ePO server.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Configuration | Server Settings, select Security Keys from the Setting
Categories list, then click Edit. The Edit Security Keys page appears.
2 Click Back Up All near the bottom of the page. The File Download dialog box appears.
3 Click Save to create a zip file of all security keys. The Save As dialog box appears.
4 Browse to a secure network location to store the zip file, then click Save.
Restoring security keys
McAfee recommends periodically backing up all security keys. In the unexpected event any
security keys are lost from the ePO server, you can restore them from the backup that you
have stored in a secure network location.
Use this task to restore the security keys on the ePO server.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Configuration | Server Settings, select Security Keys from the Setting
Categories list, then click Edit. The Edit Security Keys page appears.
2 Click Restore All near the bottom of the page. The Restore Security Keys page appears.
3 Browse to the zip file containing the security keys, select it, and click Next. The Restore
Security Keys wizard opens to the Summary page.
4 Browse to the keys you want to replace your existing key with, then click Next.
5 Click Restore. The Edit Security Keys page reappears.
6 Browse to a secure network location to store the zip file, then click Save.
Restoring security keys from a backup file
Use this task to restore all security keys from a backup file.
Before you begin
You must have already created a backup zip file of all of your keys.
CAUTION: When you restore security keys, all existing keys are removed and replaced by the
keys in the backup file. Ensure that the needed keys are in the backup file before overwriting
all existing keys.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
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