Thursday, June 14, 2012

How do I back up and restore Data Security software

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Log on to TRITON - Data Security and go to the Settings > General > System > Backup page.
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Enter a Path for storing backup files and, if necessary, Credentials for an account with read, write, and delete privileges to the path.
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Enter a value between 1 and 60 in the How many backup copies do you want to keep? field to specify how many separate backups to maintain (5, by default).
Each backup is stored in a separate folder. When the maximum number of copies is reached, Data Security reuses the oldest folder, overwriting the previous information.
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Indicate whether or not to include forensics in the backup.
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Click OK to save the settings.
Schedule backups when the system isn't under significant load. Each backup contains a complete snapshot of the system. The process collects needed information from other Data Security machines.
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On the Data Security Management Server, go to Start > Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler.
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Right-click the DSS Backup task and select Enable.
4.
Right-click DSS Backup again and select Properties, then select the Triggers tab.
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Click Edit, and edit the schedule as required.
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Click OK twice.
If requested, enter your administrator password for the Data Security Management Server machine to confirm the changes to the task.
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Double-click the DSS Backup task, then select the Schedule tab.
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On the General or Task tab (depending on your operating system), select the Enabled check box, then click OK.
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Make sure all Data Security modules—servers, agents, protectors—are registered with the Data Security Management Server and the system is operating normally.
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On the Data Security Management Server, open the Windows Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs (Windows 2003) or Programs > Uninstall a program (Windows 2008).
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Select Websense Data Security, then click Change/Remove (Windows 2003) or Uninstall/Change (Windows 2008).
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Click Next until you get to the Restore Data from Backup screen.
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Select the Load Data From Backup check box and click Browse to locate the backup file.
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Select the Clear Forensics since last backup check box if you want to use only the stored forensics from your backup file; this will remove all forensics gained since the last backup. (Leaving it unchecked means that your forensics data after the restore will include the backed-up forensics and the forensics added since that backup.)
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Click Next until the restore procedure begins.
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During the restore process, a command window appears. Although it may remain for some time, it will close when the recovery is complete.
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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.
To review the restore activity, read the DataRestore.log file located in the backup folder (for example, MM-DD-YYYY-HH-MM-SS).
10.
Log onto TRITON - Data Security and click Deploy.