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Backup

Backup

Go to Configuration > Setup > Backup to do the following:

Automated backup

Note

Before setting up backups, configure an SMB server. See SMB

.

There are two types of backups:

  • Configuration backup

    This is a full snapshot of the entire analytics store for compliance and disaster recovery purposes. This backup can run on a specified daily schedule.

    This backup will retain data for each event type on a monthly index basis. At the end of the calendar month, a new index is created, and the old index is retained on the disk subject to availability of disk space. When disk space runs out (the high water is 50% free disk), the oldest index is deleted and then the second oldest, and so on, until the disk free space falls below the low water mark of 40%. The daily archival contains the full data set and supersedes the previous day’s archive. Fortinet recommends keeping backups spanning multiple days to guard against data corruption seeping in for any index on a particular day. In that case, a clean older backup is available to which you can fall back.

  • Events backup

    This archive contains only log and threat data, which are used by FortiPolicy to improve the product. This backup can run on a specified daily schedule.

Both archive types are deleted from a local disk as soon as they are copied to their ultimate location to free up disk space.

To schedule an automated configuration backup:

  1. Enter the target backup directory on your SMB server.

  2. Select the Enable Daily Automated Configuration Backup checkbox.

  3. Set the time to perform the daily backup.

  4. Click SAVE.

To schedule an automated events backup:

  1. Enter the events backup target directory on your SMB server.

  2. Select the Enable Daily Automated Events Backup checkbox.

  3. Set the time to perform the daily backup.

  4. Click SAVE.

Configuration backup on demand

To run a manual backup:

  1. Enter the file name for the backup.

  2. Enter the name of the target directory on your SMB server.

  3. Click RUN MANUAL BACKUP NOW.

Restore configuration data

Use the Configuration > Setup > Backup page to restore a configuration backup or an events backup.

Note

When the configuration is restored, there is a fault on Infrastructure authentication. This is due to an essential security protection that prevents an unauthorized entity from gaining access to the backup. To continue with the restore, re-input the password on the IC vCenter credentials , perform a re-discovery, and then redeploy the data plane.

To restore your configuration data:

  1. Enter the Relative file path to restore. This is the target backup directory and the file name separated by slashes (but do not include the SMB share name).

    For example:

    Backup/Apr20_m5891_Backup39175.bakup

  2. Click RESTORE CONFIGURATION.

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Backup

Go to Configuration > Setup > Backup to do the following:

Automated backup

Note

Before setting up backups, configure an SMB server. See SMB

.

There are two types of backups:

  • Configuration backup

    This is a full snapshot of the entire analytics store for compliance and disaster recovery purposes. This backup can run on a specified daily schedule.

    This backup will retain data for each event type on a monthly index basis. At the end of the calendar month, a new index is created, and the old index is retained on the disk subject to availability of disk space. When disk space runs out (the high water is 50% free disk), the oldest index is deleted and then the second oldest, and so on, until the disk free space falls below the low water mark of 40%. The daily archival contains the full data set and supersedes the previous day’s archive. Fortinet recommends keeping backups spanning multiple days to guard against data corruption seeping in for any index on a particular day. In that case, a clean older backup is available to which you can fall back.

  • Events backup

    This archive contains only log and threat data, which are used by FortiPolicy to improve the product. This backup can run on a specified daily schedule.

Both archive types are deleted from a local disk as soon as they are copied to their ultimate location to free up disk space.

To schedule an automated configuration backup:

  1. Enter the target backup directory on your SMB server.

  2. Select the Enable Daily Automated Configuration Backup checkbox.

  3. Set the time to perform the daily backup.

  4. Click SAVE.

To schedule an automated events backup:

  1. Enter the events backup target directory on your SMB server.

  2. Select the Enable Daily Automated Events Backup checkbox.

  3. Set the time to perform the daily backup.

  4. Click SAVE.

Configuration backup on demand

To run a manual backup:

  1. Enter the file name for the backup.

  2. Enter the name of the target directory on your SMB server.

  3. Click RUN MANUAL BACKUP NOW.

Restore configuration data

Use the Configuration > Setup > Backup page to restore a configuration backup or an events backup.

Note

When the configuration is restored, there is a fault on Infrastructure authentication. This is due to an essential security protection that prevents an unauthorized entity from gaining access to the backup. To continue with the restore, re-input the password on the IC vCenter credentials , perform a re-discovery, and then redeploy the data plane.

To restore your configuration data:

  1. Enter the Relative file path to restore. This is the target backup directory and the file name separated by slashes (but do not include the SMB share name).

    For example:

    Backup/Apr20_m5891_Backup39175.bakup

  2. Click RESTORE CONFIGURATION.

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