Restoring the system

You can initiate the restore operation on the management server.

Important:
  • Do not restore the backup on a machine that already exists in the backup topology—unless it is the management server itself. For example, if machine A is a master, and machine B is secondary to machine A, do not restore the backup of machine A into machine B.
  • The DLP installation drive and path must be identical in both the original and restored environments. If DLP was originally installed on the D drive, the restore environment must also have a D drive with DLP installed in the exact same path. Additionally, the Forensics Repository path must match precisely.

To restore your system, do the following:

Steps

  1. Make sure all Forcepoint DLP modules—servers, agents, protectors—are registered with the management server and the system is operating normally.
  2. On the management server, open the Windows Control Panel and select Programs > Uninstall a program.
  3. Select Forcepoint DLP, then click Uninstall/Change.
  4. To add, remove, or modify Forcepoint DLP, select Modify.
  5. Click Next until you reach the Restore Data from Backup screen.
  6. Select the Load Data From Backup checkbox and click the Browse button to locate the backup file.
  7. To remove all forensics gained since the last backup and use only the stored forensics from your backup file, select the Clear Forensics since last backup checkbox.

    If left unchecked, forensics data will include both backed-up and newly added forensics since the last backup.

  8. Click Next until you begin the restore procedure.
    • During the restore process, a command-line window appears; it may remain for some time, but it disappears when the recovery is complete.
    • The restore operation completely erases all policies and data (and, if checked, forensics) of the current system, and replaces them with the backed-up data.
  9. Complete the restore wizard.
  10. To review the restore activity, read the DataRestore.log file located in the backup folder (for example, MM-DD-YYYY-HH-MM-SS).
  11. Log onto the Forcepoint Security Manager and select Deploy.
    Note: If the backup system contains many policies, it may take a while to load the policies and deploy them.