Restoring backups

Restoring backups allows you to recover from the loss of the system configurations, or to relocate the Secure SD-WAN Manager servers onto different hardware.

You can restore backups that were created in one operating system to an installation running on another operating system. You can also restore Management Server and Log Server backups that were created on a non-appliance installation to an SMC Appliance.

Note: In FIPS-compatible operating mode, you can only restore backups that were created for an Secure SD-WAN Manager in FIPS-compatible operating mode. You cannot restore backups that were created in an Secure SD-WAN Manager in FIPS-compatible operating mode on an Secure SD-WAN Manager that is not in FIPS-compatible operating mode.

You can restore backups from the previous major version of the Secure SD-WAN Manager in the current major version of the Secure SD-WAN Manager. You might not be able to restore Backups taken from older versions. Generally, you can restore backups between versions that support direct upgrades between the versions. See the upgrade instructions in the Release Notes. If an intermediate upgrade is required between your current version and the newest version, upgrade the existing installation to the intermediate version to create a working backup.

When you restore a backup, the backup restoration process checks that there is enough disk space on the destination drive. Twice the size of the backup file is required. If there is not enough available disk space, the restoration fails.