Backup and Restore the Manager

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You can backup or restore the Manager database on the Settings tab. This database contains information about the storage configuration (devices, vaults, configurations, security certificates, and so on) and event history. It also contains users, passwords, and configuration parameters (email, alerts, and so on). Performance and device statistics are not currently part of the database backup.

The Manager data must be backed up to recover the system configuration. The Manager database backup file is encrypted for extra security since this database contains sensitive configuration information. This password is needed to restore the database. While this password can be retrieved from an existing Manager, a replacement device cannot retrieve it. It is important to keep this password in a safe place.

Attention: When a Manager device needs to be replaced, and the data was not backed up, the vault information and the keys that are used in the communication between the Manager device and Slicestor® / Accesser® devices / network will be lost. A manual backup is required those situations.