Help for Restore Configuration
The Restore Configuration page lets you replace the current system configuration with the settings stored in a configuration backup file. The configuration backup file, created by the Backup Configuration function, contains a prior version of the system configuration. The entire system configuration is restored, including:
- All system settings
- All network definitions
- All ASM settings
- All application settings
- All security information, including all administrator and system user definitions
Notes:
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This operation restores the system user definitions (name, password, etc.) and recreates all required system users' home directories. It does not alter the contents of any existing home directories, although the associated system user definitions are altered or deleted.
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Any existing home directory information for system users defined in the configuration backup file will be available for use by those system users once this operation completes.
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Existing home directory information for system users not defined in the configuration backup file is not affected and is still available for use by the system applications, but the associated system user definition is deleted.
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This operation does not restore the contents of the recreated home directories (that is, any installed data). You can use the Restore User's Directories function to restore the contents of system users' home directories. The combination of these two facilities allows the backup (and subsequent restore) of all system information (configuration information and user data).
The configuration backup file used in the restore operation is the one currently stored on the system. Only one configuration backup file is maintained on the system at a time. The contents of the configuration backup file are not affected by the restore operation. The Restore Configuration page displays the status of the configuration backup file currently on the system, including the time and date the file was created.
You can obtain and store a different configuration backup file on the system from any other system in your network (using FTP to perform the file transfer). This allows you to obtain and use any configuration backup file stored on a remote server.
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Click this button to replace the current system configuration with the information contained in the
configuration backup file currently installed on the system. |
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Click this button to display the Restore Configuration Copy From Server page, which allows you to copy a
configuration file from a remote server onto the appliance, replacing the existing configuration
backup file on the system. |