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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
6






Configuring

Virtual

Contexts
Performing
Device

Backup

and

Restore

Functions
Step
4
Click
the

radio

button

of

the

transfer

protocol

to

use:


FTP—File
Transfer

Protocol


SFTP—Secure
File

Transfer

Protocol


TFTP—Trivial
File

Transfer

Protocol
Step
5
In
the
Username

field,
enter
the

username

that

the

remote

server

requires

for

user
authentication.
This
field

appears

for

FTP

and

SFTP

onl

y.
Step
6
In
the
Password
field,
enter

the

password

that

the

remote

server

requires

for
user
authentication.
This
field

appears

for

FTP

and

SFTP

onl

y.
Step
7
In
the

IP

Address

field,
enter
the

IP

address

of

the

remote

server.
Step
8
In
the
Backup
File
Path

in

Remote

System

field,
enter
the

full

path
for
the

remote

server.
Step
9
Check
the
Backup
All

Contexts

checkbox

if

you

want

the

ACE

to
create

a

backup

that

contains

the

files
of
the

Admin

context

and

every

user

context

or

uncheck

the

check

box

to

create

a

backup

of

the

Admin
context
files

only.
This
field

appears

for

the

Admin

context

only.
Step
10
Indicate
the

components

to

exclude

from

the

backup

process:

Checkpoints

or


SSL

Files.
To
exclude

a

component,

double-click

on

it

in

the

Available

box

to

move

it

to

the

Selected

box.

You

can
also
use

the

right

and

left

arrows

to

move

selected

items

between

the

two

boxes.
Caution
If
you

exclude

the

SSL

Files

component

and

then

restore

the
ACE
using
this
archived

backup,
these
files

are

removed

from

the

ACE.

To

save

these

files

prior

to

performing

a

restore

with
this
backup,

use

t

he

crypto

export

CLI

command

to

export

the

keys

to

a

remote

server

and
use
the

copy

CLI

command

to

copy

the

license

files

to

disk0:

as

.tar

files.
Step
11
In
the

Pass

Phrase
field,
enter

the

pass

phrase

that

you
specify
to

encrypt
the
backed

up
SSL
keys.
Enter
the

pass

phrase

as

an

unquoted

text

string

with

no

spaces

and

a

maximum

of

40

alphanumeric
characters.
If

you

enter

a

pass

phrase

but

exclude

the

SSL

files

from

the

archive,

the

ACE

does

not

use
the
pass

phrase.
Step
12
Click
OK
to

begin

the

backup

process.
The
following

actions

occur

depending

on

where

ANM

saves

the

files:


disk0:
only—ANM

permits
continued

GUI

functionality

dur

ing

the

backup

process

and

polls

the
ACE
for


the

backup

status,

which

it

displays

on

the

Backup

/

Restore

page.


disk0:
and

a

remote

server—

ANM

suspends

GUI

operation

and

displays

a

“Please

Wait”

message
in
the

Backup

dialog

box

until

the

process

is

complete.

During

this

process,

ANM

instructs

the

ACE
to
create

and

save

the

backup

file

locally

to

disk0:

and

then

place

a

copy

of

the

file

on

the

specified
remote
ser

ver.
Step
13
In
the

Backup

/

Restore

page,

click
Poll
Now

or

click

the

browser

refresh

button
to
ensure

that

the

latest
backup
statistics

are

displayed,

and

then

click

on

the

Status

link

(

Success,

In

Progress,


or

Fa

i

l

e

d

)
located
in

the

Latest

Backup

column

to

view

details

of

the

backup

operation.
If
the

backup

status

is

either

Success

or

In

Progress,

then

the

Show

Backup

Status

Detail

popup

window
appears
and

displays

a

list

of

the

files

successfully

backed

up.

When

the

backup

status

is

In

Progress,
ANM
polls

the

ACE

every

2

minutes

to

retrieve

the

latest

status

information

and

then

it

automatically