Maintain==>Back Up
Use Maintain==>Back Up to capture configuration values for one
or more PortMaster products to an ASCII file. Backup files can be edited
in an ordinary text editor such as NotePad.
Use Maintain ==> Restore to enter these values into the configuration
of other PortMaster products, or to overwrite existing configurations.
The backup and restore functions are useful for the following:
Backing up existing configurations to ensure against data loss
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Cloning a configuration from one PortMaster to another
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Keeping configurations that have been useful for conditions that have changed
but can recur
CAUTION! Backing up the user table does not automatically store
the individual passwords. The administrative (!root) and RADIUS
and ChoiceNet secrets are not save by the backup operation. Restoring a
user table from a PMVision backup does not restore user passwords, and
the user will not be prompted for a password in a login attempt.
To back up:
Specify whether the entire configuration or specific sections are to
be backed up. If you are not backing up the entire configuration, check
each section to be backed up.
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Enter a filename for the backed up configuration. Click Browse to
specify an existing file. Any data in the existing file will be overwritten.
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Use the Comments area to log pertinent information about the configurations
being backed up. Later this might be the only identifying information for
the backed up configurations.
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At the bottom of the panel, click Back Up.
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(Optional) Back up user passwords
and ChoiceNet secrets.