Maintain==>Back Up

Use the 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 back up and restore functions are useful for the following:

To back up:

  1. 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.

  2. Enter a filename for the backed up configuration. Click Browse to specify an existing file. Any data in the existing file will be overwritten.
  3. 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.
  4. At the bottom of the panel, click Back Up.
  5. (Optional) Back up user passwords and ChoiceNet secrets.

CAUTION! Backing up the user table does not store the individual passwords. The administrative (!root) and RADIUS and ChoiceNet secrets are not save by the back up operation. Restoring a user table from a PMVision back up does not restore user passwords, and the user will not be prompted for a password in a login attempt.