Backup and Restore of Global Settings Data

Security Manager settings and system data on the Forcepoint management server machine can be backed up and reverted to a previous configuration, if required. Data saved by the backup process can also be used to import configuration information after an upgrade, and to transfer configuration settings to a different Forcepoint management server machine.

Important: Make sure that all administrators log off of the Security Manager before you back up or restore a configuration.

The backup process saves:

Global configuration and infrastructure information, including administrator and appliance data, stored in the Settings Database.
Certificate files required for the Security Manager browser components. The backup process works as follows:

The backup process works as follows:

Initiate an immediate backup (see Running immediate backups) or define a backup schedule (see Scheduling management infrastructure backups).
- Manually launch a backup at any time.
- Backup files are stored in the C:\EIPBackup directory by default. To change the backup file location, see Changing backup settings.
The backup process checks all Forcepoint Management Infrastructure components on the machine, collects the data eligible for backup, and creates a new folder in the EIPBackup directory with the format:
```
mm-dd-yyyy-hh-mm-ss-PP
```
This format represents the date and time of the backup, for example:
```
02-10-2011-10-45-30-PM
```
Each backup folder contains a number of files, including the following:
- EIP.db is a standard PostgreSQL backup file.
- httpd-data.txt contains embedded certificate information and encryption keys.
- backup.txt is created if the backup completes successfully.
- DataBackup.log is a detailed log file containing information generated during backup.

These files should be part of your organization’s regular backup procedures.

To check that a backup completed successfully, navigate to the C:\Program Files (X86)\Websense\EIP Infra directory and open the EIPBackup.log file in a text editor such as Notepad. The log information should look similar to this:

2/15/2011 2:27:42 AM --- Backing up to: C:\EIPBackup\2-15-

2011-2-27-42-AM

2/15/2011 2:27:42 AM --- Backing Up Certificates ... 2/15/2011 2:27:42 AM --- Backing Up PostgreSQL ...

2/15/2011 2:27:42 AM *** BACKUP FINISHED ***

Each Forcepoint security product has its own backup and restore process for the module system settings. See the Backup and Restore FAQ for comprehensive instructions for all products and modules.

Run Forcepoint Management Infrastructure backups in synchronization with Forcepoint Web Security backups, as described in the FAQ cited above.