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Panorama
6.1
Administrator’s
Guide
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Palo
Alto
Networks,
Inc.
Manage
Configuration
Backups
Administer
Panorama
Manage
Configuration
Backups
A
configuration
backup
is
a
snapshot
of
the
system
configuration.
In
case
of
a
system
failure
or
a
misconfiguration,
a
configuration
backup
allows
you
to
restore
Panorama
to
a
previously
saved
version
of
the
configuration.
On
Panorama,
you
can
manage
configuration
backups
of
the
managed
firewalls
and
that
of
Panorama:
Manage
configuration
backups
of
the
managed
devices
—Panorama
automatically
saves
every
configuration
change
that
is
committed
to
a
managed
firewall
running
PAN
‐
OS
version
5.0
or
later.
By
default,
Panorama
stores
up
to
100
versions
for
each
firewall.
This
value
is
configurable.
Manage
Panorama
configuration
backups
—You
can
manually
export
the
running
configuration
of
Panorama,
as
required.
Export
a
configuration
file
package
—In
addition
to
its
own
running
configuration,
Panorama
saves
a
backup
of
the
running
configuration
from
all
managed
firewalls.
You
can
generate
a
gzip
package
of
the
latest
version
of
the
configuration
backup
of
Panorama
and
that
of
each
managed
firewall
either
on
‐
demand
or
schedule
an
export
using
the
Scheduled Config Export
capability.
The
package
can
be
scheduled
for
daily
delivery
to
an
FTP
server
or
a
Secure
Copy
(SCP)
server;
the
files
in
the
package
are
in
an
XML
format,
and
each
file
name
references
the
firewall
serial
number
for
easy
identification.
You
can
perform
the
following
tasks
to
manage
configuration
backups:
Schedule
Export
of
Configuration
Files
Use
these
instructions
to
schedule
daily
exports
of
the
configuration
file
package
that
contains
the
backup
of
the
running
configuration
of
Panorama
and
the
managed
firewalls.
You
require
superuser
privileges
to
configure
the
export.
If
Panorama
has
a
high
availability
(HA)
configuration,
you
must
perform
these
instructions
on
each
peer
to
ensure
the
scheduled
exports
continue
after
a
failover.
Panorama
does
not
synchronize
scheduled
configuration
exports
between
HA
peers.