Back Up a Firewall Threat Defense Device from Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center

Use this procedure to perform an on-demand backup of any of the following devices:

  • Firewall Threat Defense: Physical devices, standalone, HA, or cluster

  • Firewall Threat Defense Virtual: VMware, standalone, HA, or cluster

Backup and restore is not supported for any other platforms or configurations.

Before you begin

You must read and understand the requirements, guidelines, limitations, and best practices. Do not skip any steps or ignore security concerns. Careful planning and preparation can help you avoid missteps.

Caution

Users with CLI access can access the Linux shell access with the expert command, which can present a security risk. For system security reasons, we strongly recommend:

  • Only use the Linux shell under TAC supervision or when explicitly instructed by Firewall and Security Cloud Control user documentation.

  • Restrict the list of users with Linux shell access..

  • Do not add users directly in the Linux shell; only use the procedures in this chapter.

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to Security Cloud Control.

Step 2

From the Security Cloud Control menu, navigate Administration > Firewall Management Center to open the Services page.

Step 3

Select Cloud-Delivered FMC and in the Management pane, click Devices to navigate to the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center user interface.

Step 4

Select Administration > Advanced > Backup & Restore

The Device backup page displays the device name, backup file name, device model, device version, and the backup file size.

Step 5

Click Create device backup.

Step 6

Select one or more Firewall Threat Defense devices in Select devices to backup.

You can filter the list based on the device groups, or device type—Standalone, High Availability, and Cluster. For clustering, choose the cluster. You cannot perform backups on individual nodes.

Note

If the device name has special characters other than hyphen, period, and underscore, those special characters will be replaced with an underscore.

Step 7

Click Next to view the summary of your selections.

Step 8

Click Start backup to start the on-demand backup.

Step 9

Monitor the progress under Tasks in the Notifications pane.

  • The notifications will display one consolidated entry per backup action.

  • To view detailed information for each of the devices being backed up, click Details.

  • In the Device backup information dialog, you can monitor the backup progress at granular level.

  • For cluster backup, you can view node-wise backup progress.

  • To download the backup report in PDF format, click Download report.