SonicOS 7.1 Upgrade Guide for the NSv Series

Upgrading Firmware > Creating a System Backup and Exporting Your Settings
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Creating a System Backup and Exporting Your Settings

Before beginning the update process, make a system backup on your SonicWall NSv. When you click the Create Backup button, SonicOS takes a “snapshot” of your current system state, SonicOS image, and configuration preferences, and makes the snapshot the new System Backup image. You can save Backups locally or on the cloud. You can also schedule backups to occur automatically. Clicking Create Backup overwrites the existing Backup image as necessary.

You can also export the NSv configuration settings to a file on your local management station. This file serves as an external backup of the configuration settings, and can be imported into another NSv or into the same NSv if it is necessary to reboot SonicOS with factory default settings.

To save a system backup and export configuration settings to a file on your local management station

  1. In SonicOS 7, in the DEVICE view, navigate to Settings > Firmware and Settings. For a local backup, click on Firmware & Local Backups. For a cloud backup, click on Cloud Backups.
  2. In SonicOS 6.5, in the MANAGE view, navigate to Updates | Firmware & Backups.

  3. Click Create Backup and select one of the following:

    • Local Backup – SonicOS takes a “snapshot” of your current system state, firmware, and configuration preferences, and saves it as the latest local backup file.

      In the Local Backup dialog, optionally select Retain Local Backup to prevent this backup from being overwritten by a future local backup. Optionally enter a comment in the Comment field, and then click OK to proceed with the backup.

    • Cloud Backup – The Cloud Backup dialog is displayed. Optionally select Retain Local Backup to prevent this backup from being overwritten by a future cloud backup. You can retain a maximum of 3 configuration backup files per firmware version. Optionally enter a comment in the Comment field, and then click OK to proceed with the backup.
  4. To export your settings to a local file on your management computer, click Import/Export Configuration (in SonicOS 7, this option is available on the Firmware & Local Backups screen) and select Export Configuration. In the popup dialog, which displays the name of the saved file, click Export to complete the process.