Restoring From Backup; Restoring To A New Server; Restoring To The Same Server - Extreme Networks Sentriant AG Software User's Manual

System Administration

Restoring from Backup

NOTE
You must have backed up your system at least one time before you can restore from a backup. See
New Backup" on page
You can restore backed-up data to the same physical server or to a new physical server.

Restoring to a new Server

To restore system configuration and data from a backup file to a new server:
1 Contact Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at support@extremenetworks.com or (800) 998-2408 and
request that the secret key for that license be cleared.
2 Install Sentriant AG on the new server:
a The Sentriant AG version must be the same as the previously installed Sentriant AG version.
b The Sentriant AG server IP address must be the same as the previously installed Sentriant AG
server IP address.
c Create an admin user when prompted during the installation process. See the Sentriant AG
Installation Guide for installation instructions.
d Enter the original license key when prompted during the installation process. If you have not
already arranged to have the secret key cleared
license key at this step.
e After the installation is complete, log in to the Sentriant AG user interface and check for rule
updates (System configuration>>Test updates>>Check for test updates).
3 Restore the data by following the instructions in

Restoring to the Same Server

To restore system configuration and data from a backup file to the same server:
Home window>>System configuration>>Maintenance
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(step 1), you will not be able to validate the
"Restoring to the Same Server".
Sentriant AG Software Users Guide, Version 5.3
"Initiating a