Author: Ofer Nissim, Solution Architect, HP

Date: 11/08/2008

Before you begin

You need to know what to backup

In order to backup the IAG server you have to backup the following components:

1. IAG
2. SSL Certificate/s
3. IAG keys (created with first-time IAG configuration open)
4. /whalecom directory (location vary according to OEM vendor)

You can use this article for details how to backup each of the components: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955093/en-us

Important to know!

Some of the IAG appliance comes with imaging tools built-in. The NEI appliance come with Acronis software. There is a built-in schedule task in the appliance. You just have to do the following steps:

1. Activate this tasks by click on this task details and check the "enabled"
2. Choose the account which will run this task
3. Check the windows task scheduler service. It should be automatic and started mode. The default of the NEI appliance is Task Scheduler disabled. You have to enable and put it in automatic mode if you want to use scheduler backup

This will create an image of the C drive at D each time. You can right click on each file created (TIB file) and restore the appliance (Note:This will erase all the files created after this image created!!!)

Backup Procedures

Schedule Tasks

You can backup IAG settings daily/weekly. I have used the script below to backup to network drive every day.

If you want to backup to network drive you have to give appropriate permissions to the service account (that run this scheduled task).

Download the following scrip that will use for the backup schedule task:

Rem backup the iag and copy to network drive

Rem creating backup file for every day (cyclic) with the name of day.cab (i.e mon.cab)

Rem change your server & share to fit your env

for /f %%i in ('date /t') do whlbackup –b –file \\server\share\%%i.cab

If you have any issues with these procedures please go to IAG Technical Forums in the following link: http://Forums.ForefrontSecurity.ORG