Performing System Maintenance
The Maintenance section enables you to back up your system configuration, restore configuration, restore firmware, and download the trace log.
Backing up configuration
Before installing FortiRecorder firmware or making significant configuration changes, back up your FortiRecorder configuration. Backups let you revert to your previous configuration if the new configuration does not function correctly. Backups can also be used to compare changes in configuration.
To back up the configuration file
- Go to System > Maintenance > Configuration.
- Click on System configuration backup.
- Save the configuration file.
Your management computer downloads the configuration file. Time required varies by the size of the file and the speed of your network connection. You can restore the backup configuration later when required. For details, see “Restoring configuration”.
Restoring configuration
If you have just downgraded or restored the firmware of the FortiRecorder unit, restoring the configuration file can be used to reconfigure the FortiRecorder unit from its default settings.
To restore the configuration file
- Go to System > Maintenance > Configuration.
- Under Restore Configuration, select Browse to locate and select the configuration file that you want to restore, then select Open.
The FortiRecorder unit restores the configuration file and reboots. Time required varies by the size of the file and the speed of your network connection. - After restoring the configuration file, verify that the settings have been successfully loaded.
Downloading the trace log
If Fortinet Technical Support requests a trace log for system analysis purposes, you can download one using the web UI.
Trace logs are compressed into an archive (.gz), and contain information that is supplementary to debug-level log files.
To download a trace file
- Go to System > Maintenance > Configuration.
- At the bottom of the tab, select Download trace log.