How to Back up Panorama

Overview

Panorama saves a backup of every committed configuration from each device it manages. In addition, Panorama saves copies of its own committed configurations. To facilitate off-box backup requirements, the system supports a method to regularly export these backups to an external data store. This document describes the steps to back up Panorama.

Steps

Managing device backups from the Web UI:

To manage device backups on Panorama:

1. Go to Panorama > Managed Devices.
2. Click Manage in the Backups column for a device.
   This brings up a window showing saved and committed configurations for the device.
3. Click Load to restore the selected configuration to the device.
   
4. To remove a saved configuration, click .

Managing Panorama Configuration Backups from the GUI

1. Go to Panorama > Setup > Operations.
2. Click “Export named Panorama configuration snapshot” or “Export Panorama configuration version” under the Configuration Management section.
3. Select the configuration from the configuration drop down list in the pop-up window.
4. Click OK.
   

Manual Export and Import of Panorama Configuration from the CLI

On the CLI, the commands below will export the Panorama configuration:

> tftp export configuration

with the following parameters:

• remote-port tftp server port
• source-ip Set source address to specified interface address
• from from
• to tftp host

> scp export configuration

with the following parameters:

• remote-port SSH port number on remote host
• source-ip Set source address to specified interface address
• from from
• to destination (username@host:path)

To import Panorma’s configuration from the CLI, use the following command:

> tftp import configuration from 1.2.3.4 file c:/a/b/c