F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 8.0, Administrator'S Manual

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Maintaining F-Secure Policy Manager Server
To back up the management key-pair, copy the admin.prv file and the
admin.pub file from the root of the local F-Secure Policy Manager
Console installation directory. Keep the admin.prv file stored in a secure
place. It is very important to save a backup copy of the admin.prv key file.
If you want to save the F-Secure Policy Manager Console preferences,
back up the
lib\Administrator.properties file from the local installation
directory.
Creating the Backup
You can choose between two methods of creating a backup:
Full Backup. Full backup includes restoring the policy domain
structure as well as the alerts, host statistics, and installation
operations
Policy Data and Domain Structure Backup. Backup of the
fsa\domains directory of Policy Manager Server’s repository
(Commdir).
Full Backup
1. Close all F-Secure Policy Manager Console management sessions.
2. Stop F-Secure Policy Manager Server service.
3. Back up the Communication Directory.
4. Back up the
admin.prv and admin.pub files from the root of the local
F-Secure Policy Manager Console installation directory.
If you lose a management key (either admin.pub or admin.prv), you
will have to create a new key pair and distribute the respective
admin.pub key to all the managed hosts by reinstalling each host
manually, since policy based operations cannot be used any more.
Trust between F-Secure Policy Manager Console and managed
hosts is based on a digital signature. Without the correct private
key, it is not possible to create a valid signature that hosts would
accept.
The “Administrator.properties” file is created during the first run of
F-Secure Policy Manager Console and contains session related
information such as window size or the server URL.