Backing Up and Restoring Configurations

Backing Up Configurations

Configuration backup involves all configurations, including system configuration, asset management, sensitive data discovery, and key management information. For disaster recovery purposes, you are advised to periodically back up system configurations.

1. Log in to a database encryption and access control instance as the sysadmin user.
2. In the navigation tree on the left, choose System Management > Backup and Restore.
3. Click the Backup tab and select Manual Backup or Periodic Backup.
   • Manual backup: Backup information is directly stored on the server.
     1. In the Backup Now area, click Backup Now.
     2. In the Select Backup Method dialog box, select a backup storage location from the drop-down list.
     3. Click Confirm.
   • Periodic automatic backup:
     1. In the Periodic Backup area, click Set.
        Figure 1 Configuring automatic backup
        
     2. In the Set Periodic Backup dialog box, configure the periodic backup information. For details about the configuration information, see Table 1.

        Table 1 Backup description

        Parameter	Description
        Backup Type	You can select Local backup.
        Backup Cycle	Backup period. The options are as follows: None: No periodic backup is performed. Daily: The data is backed up once a day. Weekly: The data is backed up once a week. Monthly: The data is backed up once a month.
        Backup Time	Configure the backup time based on the backup period.

     3. Click Save.
     4. In the backup file list, you can view the backup information and click to download the backup file to the local PC.

        The downloaded backup file can be used to restore the system configurations. For details, see Restoring Configurations.

Restoring Configurations

By importing a configuration file, you can restore the configurations to a backup time point. Generally, this operation is performed for fault recovery or device migration.

Prerequisites

• The database encryption and access control server to be restored must be in the initialized state after reinstallation, that is, there should be no data asset configured on the server.
• The configuration backup file has been generated and downloaded. For details, see Backing Up Configurations.

1. Log in to database encryption and access control.
2. In the navigation tree on the left, choose System Management > Backup and Restore.
3. Click the Recovery tab.
4. Click Restore Now in the upper right corner.
5. In the displayed dialog box, you can select Local File Recovery, enter the security password, and upload the backup file. You can also select OBS Recovery, enter the security password, OBS endpoint, bucket name, and backup storage path.
6. Click Confirm.