Symantec Security 5600 Series, Security 5400 Series,Clientless VPN 4400 Series, Administration Manual

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99 Maintaining your security gateway
Backing up and restoring configurations
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License installations
Back up your license files separately so that you can reinstall them after restoring your
configuration. You cannot reinstall the licenses from one security gateway on another security
gateway.
Note:
In a clustered environment, backing up and restoring a cluster node’s configuration does not
restore the clusters associations. You must run the Cluster Wizard following the restore to re-establish
the cluster association.
Prerequisites
Complete the following tasks before beginning this procedure:
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“Saving and activating configuration changes” on page 59
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“Creating administrator accounts” on page 67
To back up configuration files from the SGMI
1 In the SGMI, on the File menu, click Backup .
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In the Backup dialog box, in the Password text box, type a backup/restore password.
3 In the Verify password text box, retype the password, and then click OK .
4 In the Save dialog box, navigate to the location where you want to save the backup file.
5 In the File name field, type a name for the backup file.
The default file type is .bk.
6 Click Save .
7 When you are notified that the backup has completed successfully, click OK .
Related information
For further information related to this topic, see the following:
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“Backup dialog box” on page 774
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“Using command-line utilities to perform a local or remote backup” on page 101
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“Restoring security gateway configuration files from the SGMI” on page 99
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“Backing up and restoring cluster configurations” on page 534
Restoring security gateway configuration files from the SGMI
The SGMI has a restore option that lets you restore a security gateway configuration to the security
gateway from which you made the backup file, or to another security gateway. For example, if you have
configured one security gateway and want the same configuration on another security gateway, you
can replicate the configuration by restoring the backup of the first security gateway to the second
security gateway.
You can also use the Restore Wizard to restore the following:
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A security gateway that is part of a cluster
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Configurations created using Symantec Gateway Security v2.0, Symantec Clientless VPN Gateway
v5.0, or Symantec Enterprise Firewall v8.0 software
For detailed information about restoring configurations for these versions of the security
gateway, see the chapter on upgrading in the
Symantec Gateway Security 5000 Series v3.0
Installation Guide .