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Backing up and restoring Cloud Manager

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Cloud Manager enables you to back up and restore its database to protect your configuration and troubleshoot issues.

Backing up Cloud Manager

It is a good practice to back up the Cloud Manager database on a periodic basis. If you experience problems, you can restore Cloud Manager from a previous backup.

Steps

  1. In the upper right of the Cloud Manager console, click the task drop-down list, and then select Tools.

  2. Click Backup.

    Screen shot: Shows the Backup button in the Tools page.

  3. When prompted, save the backup file to a secure location so that you can retrieve it when needed.

Restoring Cloud Manager from a backup

Restoring Cloud Manager from a backup replaces existing data with the data from the backup.

Steps

  1. In the upper-right hand corner of the Cloud Manager console, click the task drop-down list, and then select Tools.

  2. Click Restore.

  3. Click OK to confirm.

  4. Select the backup.

Result

Cloud Manager restores the database from the backup file.