Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance 4.1.0
Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Administration Guide
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Chapter 15 Administration
Backing Up the CAM Database
Restoring Configuration from CAM Snapshot
Note
You can only restore a CAM snapshot that has the same version as the CAM (e.g. 4.1(0) snapshot to
4.1(0) CAM).
4.1(0) CAM).
Restore from CAM List of Snapshots
To restore the Clean Access Manager to the configuration state of the snapshot:
1.
Go to Administration > Backup
2.
Click the Restore (
) button for the desired snapshot in the list. Make sure the version of the
snapshot to which you want to restore the CAM is the same version currently running on the CAM.
3.
The existing configuration is overridden by the configuration in the snapshot.
Restore from Downloaded Snapshot
If the snapshot was downloaded to a remote computer, it can be uploaded to the list again as follows:
1.
Go to Administration > Backup and click the Browse button next to the Snapshot to Upload field.
Find the file in the directory system.
Find the file in the directory system.
2.
Click Upload Snapshot and confirm the operation. The snapshot now appears in the snapshot list.
3.
Click the Restore button next to the snapshot to overwrite the current configuration with the
snapshot’s configuration.
snapshot’s configuration.
4.
Confirm the operation.
The configuration is now restored to the configuration state recorded in the snapshot.
Database Recovery Tool
The Database Recovery tool is a command line utility that can be used to restore the database from the
following types of backup snapshots:
following types of backup snapshots:
•
Automated daily backups (the most recent 30 copies)
•
Backups made before and after software upgrades
•
Backups made before and after failover events
•
Manual snapshots created by the administrator via the web console
Although the web console already allows you to manually create and upload snapshots (via
Administration > Backup), the CLI tool presents additional detail. The tool provides a menu that lists
the snapshots from which to restore, and the uncompressed size and table count. Note that a file which
is corrupt or not in the proper format (e.g. not .tar.gz) will show a remediation warning instead of an
uncompressed size and a table count.
Administration > Backup), the CLI tool presents additional detail. The tool provides a menu that lists
the snapshots from which to restore, and the uncompressed size and table count. Note that a file which
is corrupt or not in the proper format (e.g. not .tar.gz) will show a remediation warning instead of an
uncompressed size and a table count.
Caution
The CAM must be stopped before you can run this utility and must be rebooted after the utility is run.
To run the command utility:
1.
Access your Clean Access Manager by SSH.
2.
Login as user
root
with the root password (default password is
cisco123
)