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Use this document to create a backup file of your data security manager (DSM).
Before you upgrade to Generation 4, Armor recommends that you create a backup file. This backup file will include:
- Embedded databases
- Agent/server certificates
- Encryption keys and key groups
- Hosts and host groups
- Domains
- High Availability configuration
- Administrators
- Policies
- Log settings
You can restore a Vormetric DSM by using a downloaded backup of the configuration file. The backup file can be downloaded
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Before you begin:
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At a high level, this process includes five major stepsto create, save, and upload a backup file, you must:
- Create a new system administratorCreate an asymmetric wrapper key custodian
- Create and exportt export the wrapper key
- Download the encrypted DSM configuration file
- Restore the wrapper key and configuration file
- Upload the DSM with the configuration file file
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Step 1: Create
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a new wrapper key
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custodian
- Log into the DSM console as the system administrator (admin).
- Click the Administrators tab. (You can ignore the drop-down menu that appears.)
- Click Add to create a new administrator.
- Click the Administrators tab. (You can ignore the drop-down menu that appears.)
- In Login, enter a user name that you will use to log into the DMS.
- (Optional) In Description, enter an easily identifiable description.
- You can leave the RSA User ID field blank.
- In Password and Confirm Password, enter a password.
- Armor recommends that you enter a temporary password because after you log into the DSM as the system administrator, you will be asked to change your password.
- In User Type, select System Administrator.
- Make sure the Read-Only User box is unmarked.
- Click Ok.
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- Log into the DMS as the Wrapper Key Custodian.
- In the top bar, click Systems, and then select Wrapper Keys.
- Next to Operation, in the drop-down menu, select Import.
- Click Add.
- In the window that appears, in Key Share, enter the wrapper key share.
- Click Ok.
- In the window that appears, the wrapper key share will populate the field. For this wrapper key share, mark the Selected column.
- Click Apply.
- Log out of the DSM.
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Step 5:
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Upload the DSM configuration file
- Log in the DSM as the system administrator (admin).
- In the top menu, click Systems.
- Select Backup and Restore, and then select Manual Backup and Restore.
- Click Restore.
- Click Browse to locate and select the DSM configuration file.
- Click OK.
- After you click OK, you will be logged out of the DSM.
- After you click OK, you will be logged out of the DSM.
- Log back into the DSM as the security administrator (admin), and then verify the DSM configuration has been restored correctly.
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