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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
Restoring
Device

Configuration

and

Dependencies
You
can

restore

an

ACE

configuration

and

its

dependencies

using

a

backup

file.
Caution
The
restore

operation

clears

any
existing

SSL

certificate

and

key-pair

files,

license

files,

and

checkpoints
in
a

context

before

it

restores

the

backup

archive

file.

If

your

configuration

includes

SSL

files

or
checkpoints
and

you

excluded

them

when

you

created

the

backup

archive,

those

files

will

no

longer

exist
in
the

context

after

you

restore

the

backup

archive.

To

preserve

any

existing

exportable

SSL

certificate
and
key

files

in

the

context,

before

you

execute

the

restore

operation,

export

the

certificates

and

keys

that
you
want

to

keep

to

an

FTP,

SFTP,

or

TFTP

server

by

using

the

CLI

and

the

crypto

export

command.
After
you

restore

the

archive,

import

the

SSL

files

into

the

context.

For

details

on

exporting

and
importing
SSL

certificate

and

key

pair

files

using

the

CLI,

see

the

Cisco

Application

Control

Engine
Module
SSL

Configuration

Guide.


You
can

also

use

the

exclude

option

of

the

restore

command

to

instruct

the

ACE

not

to

clear

the

SSL

files
in
disk0:

and

to

ignore

the

SSL

files

in

the

backup

archive

when

the

ACE

restores

the

backup.
Note
If
your

web

browser

supports
the
Remember

Passwords

option
and
you

enable
this

option,

the

web
browser
may

fill

i

n

the

Username

and

Password

fields

for


user

authentication.

By

default,

these

fields
should
be

empty.

You

can

change

the

username

and

password

fields

from

whatever

the

web

browser
inserts
into

the

two

fields.
Prerequisites
If
you

are

going

to

restore

the

Admin

context

files

plus

all

user

context

files,

use

a

backup

file

that

was
created
from

the

Admin

context

with

the

Backup

All

Contexts

checkbox

checked

(see

the

“Backing

Up
Device
Configuration

and

Dependencies”

section

on

page

6-62 ).
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

context

>

System

>

Backup

/

Restore.
The
Backup

/


Restore

table

appears.
Note
To
refresh

the

table
content
at

any
time,
click
Poll
Now.
Note
When
you

perform

the

restore

process

from

the

Admin

context,

you

can

either

restore

the

Admin
context
files

only

or

you

can

restore

the

Admin

context

files

plus

all

user

context

files.

When
you
perform

the

restore

process

from

a

use

r

context,

you

can

restore

the

current

context

files
only.
The
Backup

/


Restore

fields

ar

e

described

in

Ta

b

l

e


6-12 .
Step
2
Click
Restore.
The
Restore

window

appears.