topic Re: FMC backup in Network Security

FMC backup

anazarenko — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 14:16:26 GMT

Dear All,

I tried to create a config backup on FMC, but it consumes around 160MB.

How do people rancid and manage configuration versions on FMC with such monstrous files?

I didn't find a way how to backup FTD config.

Re: FMC backup

Keith Miller — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:03:50 GMT

You can also configure the backups to be copied to another location using SCP:

HTH,

Keith

Re: FMC backup

anazarenko — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:35:23 GMT

I saw it, but we need to manage each config change. I can't imagine copying 160MB config files each time I do some rule change.

Re: FMC backup

itsupport — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 08:15:19 GMT

It is 2017. $10USD buys a 16Gb USB key, which could hold 100 backups that size.

I just copied one of those backup files from my crappy old desktop PC to our 5 year old server, took 12 seconds.

Not really seeing a problem.

Re: FMC backup

anazarenko — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:39:16 GMT

The matter is to see which changes were made by colleages. Looking into 160MB backup files doesn't seem to be a right way to do it.

Re: FMC backup

Oliver Kaiser — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:09:51 GMT

No offense but that logic is kinda flawed. I am not a big fan of the backup concept either. Its basically a database dump with some configuration files attached. I have some larger installations which already produce backup files that are > 2GB of size.

@anazarenko - unfortunately you will need to live with the backup size. as of now there is no flat file configuration backup like what you are used to. 6.2.2.1 should include a better audit trail which might help you with compliance requirements.