• Secure Mobile Access 12.4
• Introduction
• Upgrade Description
  • Upgrade Summary
  • Platform Compatibility
  • Discontinued Features
• Special Considerations
  • Client Upgrade Requirements
• Preparation
  • Finding the Authentication Code
  • Registering your SMA Appliance
  • Verifying the Downloaded Upgrade File
  • Backing up your Current Configuration
• SMA Infrastructure Upgrade
  • Installing an Update or Hotfix Using the Appliance Management Console
  • Upgrading CMS and Managed Appliances
  • Verifying the SMA Update
  • Verifying the Managed Appliances Update
  • Verifying the CMS Update
• Post-Upgrade Tasks
  • Importing a Configuration
  • Rolling Back SMA to a Previous Version
  • Rolling Back CMS to a Previous Version
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Backing up your Current Configuration

Before updating, back up the current configuration of your appliance. You can use the export feature in the Appliance Management Console (AMC). These steps are optional, but recommended.

1. From the main AMC navigation menu, navigate to System Configuration > Maintenance.
2. In the System Configuration section, in the Import or export area, click Import/Export.
3. In the Export Configuration section, click the Export button.

   If you have configured any third party agents, select the Include third party agents checkbox and click the Export button to back up your third party configurations.

4. Click OK.
5. If it prompts you to open the .aea file or save it, save it to your hard drive.

   On Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer may block the download of the .aea file. To work around this, click the information bar that appears beneath the Internet Explorer Address box, and then click Download File.