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Chapter 6 Managing the Cisco IronPort Spam Quarantine
Backing Up and Restoring the Safelist/Blocklist Database
To maintain a backup of the safelist/blocklist database, the Security Management
appliance enables you to save the database as a .csv file. The .csv file is
maintained separately from the XML configuration file that contains the
appliance configuration settings. If you upgrade your appliance or run the System
Setup Wizard, first back up the safelist/blocklist database to the .csv file.
appliance enables you to save the database as a .csv file. The .csv file is
maintained separately from the XML configuration file that contains the
appliance configuration settings. If you upgrade your appliance or run the System
Setup Wizard, first back up the safelist/blocklist database to the .csv file.
Note
You can edit the .csv file and then upload it to modify individual end users’
safelists and blocklists.
safelists and blocklists.
When you back up the database, the appliance saves the .csv file to the
/configuration
directory using the following naming convention:
slbl-<serial number>-<timestamp>.csv
From the GUI, you can use the following method to back up and restore the
database:
database:
Step 1
On the Security Management appliance, choose Management Appliance >
System Administration > Configuration File.
System Administration > Configuration File.
Step 2
Go to the End-User Safelist/Blocklist Database section.
Step 3
Click Backup Now to back up the database to a .csv file.
Step 4
Click Select File to Restore to restore the database.
The appliance displays a list of backup files that are stored in the /configuration
directory.
directory.
Step 5
Select the Safelist/Blocklist backup file that you want to restore, and click
Restore.
Restore.