Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 57 Using Backup and Restore
Backing up Your Managed Devices with a Defense Center
You can use the Backup Profiles page to create backup profiles that contain the settings that you want to
use for different types of backups. You can later select one of these profiles when you back up the files
on your appliance.
use for different types of backups. You can later select one of these profiles when you back up the files
on your appliance.
Tip
When you create a backup file as described in
, a backup profile is
automatically created.
To create a backup profile:
Access:
Admin/Maint
Step 1
Select
System > Tools > Backup/Restore
.
The Backup Management page appears.
Step 2
Click the
Backup Profiles
tab.
The Backup Profiles page appears with a list of existing backup profiles.
Tip
You can click the edit icon (
) to modify an existing profile or click the delete icon (
) to delete a
profile from the list.
Step 3
Click
Create Profile
.
The Create Backup page appears.
Step 4
Type a name for the backup profile. You can use alphanumeric characters, punctuation, and spaces.
Step 5
Configure the backup profile according to your needs.
See
for more information about the options on this page.
Step 6
Click
Save As New
to save the backup profile.
The Backup Profiles page appears and your new profile appears in the list.
Backing up Your Managed Devices with a Defense Center
License:
Any
You can use the Defense Center to back up data on managed devices. The default name for the backup
file uses the name of the managed device.
file uses the name of the managed device.
Tip
If you use a backup file name containing spaces or punctuation characters, they change to underscores.
You cannot use remote backup and restore to manage data on Sourcefire Software for X-Series.
To back up a managed device from a Defense Center:
Access:
Admin/Maint
Step 1
Select
System > Tools > Backup/Restore
.