Cisco Cisco Clean Access 3.5
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Cisco Clean Access Manager Installation and Administration Guide
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Chapter 13 Administration
Back Up the Configuration
Automated Daily Database Backups
With release 3.5(3) and above, Cisco Clean Access automatically creates daily snapshots of the Clean
Access Manager database and preserves the most recent from the last 30 days. It also automatically
creates snapshots before and after software upgrades, and before and after failover events. For upgrades
and failovers, only the last 5 backup snapshots are kept. See
Access Manager database and preserves the most recent from the last 30 days. It also automatically
creates snapshots before and after software upgrades, and before and after failover events. For upgrades
and failovers, only the last 5 backup snapshots are kept. See
for
additional details.
Manual Backups from Web Console
It is recommended to create a backup of the CAM before making major changes to its configuration.
Backing up the configuration from time to time also ensures a recent backup on hand of a known-good
configuration profile, in case of a malfunction due to incorrect settings. Besides protecting against
configuration data loss, snapshots provide an easy way to duplicate a configuration among several
CAMs.
Backing up the configuration from time to time also ensures a recent backup on hand of a known-good
configuration profile, in case of a malfunction due to incorrect settings. Besides protecting against
configuration data loss, snapshots provide an easy way to duplicate a configuration among several
CAMs.
Create a Manual Backup
1.
In the Administration > Backup page, type a name for the snapshot in the Database Snapshot Tag
Name field. The field is populated with a name that incorporates the current time and date (such as
Name field. The field is populated with a name that incorporates the current time and date (such as
10_10_05-16:34_snapshot
). You can either accept the default name or type another.
2.
Click Create Snapshot. The Clean Access Manager generates a snapshot file, which is added to the
snapshot list.
snapshot list.
Figure 13-11
Backup Snapshot
Note that the file still physically resides on the Clean Access Manager machine. For archiving
purposes, it can remain there. However, to back up a configuration for use in case of system failure,
the snapshot should be downloaded to another computer.
purposes, it can remain there. However, to back up a configuration for use in case of system failure,
the snapshot should be downloaded to another computer.
3.
To download the snapshot to another computer, click either the Download icon or the tag name of
the snapshot that you want to download:
the snapshot that you want to download:
tag name
snapshot