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Are you sure the floppy backup isn't working? Depending on the number or rules and objects, the backup may take many floppies, but the management interface should prompt you to put in additional floppies when needed. This process is slow, so you need to be patient.
Backing locally will end up in the /var/ partition. If you have administrative access to the machine you are backing, you should be able to scp the backup tar archive to another machine for save keeping.
Leaving firewall backups laying around or on machines that are less secure than SecureOS is hazzardous behavior, so act accordingly...
If your predicessor did not leave you documentation and you have a support contract with SCC, you can get tech support from them. If you'd like documentation, you can order a printed manual.
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On 9/27/05, Dones, Daniel (CS) <daniel.dones@...> wrote:
I'm new to sidewinder. I tried backing up the appliance via the management console and the only options are floppy and local. I assume that local means local to the appliance, so I went to the floppy. The backup doesn't work with a DOS formatted floppy. Any suggestions on how to get a non local backup.
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