Options For Backing Up Enterprise Scanner - IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Manual

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Options for Backing up Enterprise Scanner

Introduction

If you restore

before you make

backup files

Using automatic

backup files

Clearing the Java

cache

Date of last system

backup

IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3

Use the Backup and Recovery page to create two types of backup files for your Enterprise

Scanner agent:

Backup Type

Settings

Full

Table 72: Types of backups

The default system backup for a new agent contains the original installation. Therefore, if

you restore a system backup or apply settings snapshot files before you create your own

backup files, you are restoring the agent to its installation defaults. The following

consequences result:

You lose the configuration settings you have already applied.

●

If you restore from a system backup, you lose any updates you have applied.

●

You must reconfigure the appliance starting with running the Proventia

Important:

Setup Assistant. The configuration process is described in Chapter 2, "Installing and

Configuring an Agent" on page 27.

You cannot connect to the Proventia Manager until you reconfigure the appliance.

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Use this option to automatically backup your system before it installs

Important:

updates to avoid having to reconfigure your agent in case of an emergency.

Consider using the automatic update option to create a system backup each time the agent

automatically installs a firmware update.

"Configuring Automatic Downloads and Updates" on page 228.

Reference:

After you restore the system from a backup file, be sure to do the following before you log

back on to the Proventia Manager:

1. Close all browser windows.

2. Clear the Java cache.

For information about how to clear your Java cache, refer to your operating

Note:

system documentation. In Windows operating systems, it is typically available in the

Control Panel, under Java.

If you do not perform these steps, Proventia Manager may behave

Important:

unpredictably.

The System Status information on the Home page includes the date of the last backup in

the Last System Backup field.