Backing up the Network IPS appliance settings

Use this method to back up a working version of your Network IPS appliance settings by using either Secure Shell (SSH) or a serial console connection.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the appliance as admin by using an SSH or serial console connection.
  2. From the Configuration Menu, select Appliance Management.
  3. Select Backup Current Configuration.
  4. Click OK. The appliance might be offline for several minutes while it completes the restart.
  5. When the appliance comes back online, copy files from one of the following appliance drives to a designated place off the appliance. The drive that you copy from depends on the firmware version that is running on the appliance.
    • /backup/0/images
    • /backup/images
    • /restore/0/images
    • /restore/images