Running mds_backup will backup the entire mds including the cma's - you can exclude logs (check CP sk solution) but you should backup CMA's individually - like this 'tar cvf $MDSDIR/customers/CMA_NAME' even though you should be able to untar mdsbackupp to get individual CMA's - however to restore individual CMA, individual backup will be more efficient and helpful - you can just back these minimums for the individual CMA's $CPDIR/conf and $CPDIR/database and $FWDIR/conf. If you have any hacks made to the lib files, I would like you to maintain a doc and then add them manually after restoring the CMA - the reason is that these lib files keep getting updated even with a HFA and when you restore the libs from some previous version, you will end up with potentially issues.
As far as running mds_backup is concerned, ideally it should be done during off peak hours as you need to disconnect the GUI's - makes sense you should not be making any config changes when you are backing up the config. Depending upon how big the environment is, performance is hit on the mds and the process can take some time as well but for any emergent reasons, if you have to do an mds backup working hours, you can go ahead without any risk of crashing, though! Ensure everyone is logged off from their GUI's. hth, Rajeev Gupta -----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vedantam sekhar Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FW-1] Question on Provider-1 Hi, We are using the Checkpoint Provider-1(On secure platform) for managing the multiple firewalls at different locations.The question now is about the mds_backup utility in Provider-1 which is for taking the back-up of the Provider-1. 1. Whether running the utility mds_back-up during the working hours has any effect on the performance of the system. 2. Whether this utility takes the backup of all the CMA's including MDS or do we need to take independently for each CMA. 3. Can restore the CMA if we have the Conf/Database/Lib directories are backed up. Thanks, sekhar __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
