Firepower Backup Tips and Tricks

[craig.cordts]

Anyone have any tips, tricks or strategies for backing up Firepower ?

[Marvin Rhoads]

Firepower refers to a suite of products: Firepower Management Center, Firepower Threat Defense devices, Firepower service modules on ASAs and classic Firepower devices (aka Sourcefire).

Which ones are you asking about?

[craig.cordts]

Hey Marvin-

Backing up my FTD configs / changes. 

Either via FMC or otherwise. 

Thanks for your response. 

[harmesh88]

When you will take backup in FMC use backup for Firepower management Centre 

and what is the most important thing is with backup at the same time please take screenshot - In FMC click and help and click about and take screenshot of that information .

- Now when you will restore this backup that time you should check below information should match for successful restoration .

Model 
Software Version 
OS 
Snort Version 
Rule Update Version 
VDB Version

Its tested and working .