Restore Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense configuration that was in

[manjulrinki134]

What is the proper procedure to restore Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense configuration that was in HA? I tried using the GUI to Backup and Restore but it doesn't seem to work. Am I suppose to login to both units using GUI and backup each configurations individually and restore individually?

I am testing this on VMs in Eve-NG. How do I reset the VMs back to factory default so I can try again?

[wajidhassan]

Hi @manjulrinki134, 

Here’s the cleanest way to restore your HA pair & you don’t need to back up each node separately. Just:

1. Backup once
   – On the active FTD (via FDM or CLI), go to Backup & Restore and export the HA config.

2. Restore to both
   – On each unit, import that same backup file under Backup & Restore. They’ll automatically pick up the settings and re-sync.

3. Reset your Eve-NG VMs
   – Either revert to your “zero-config” snapshot in Eve-NG, or console into each FTD and run:

• system restore factory-default
• system reboot

That will give you a fresh VM to test again.