Backup data
Backup is the essential part of data protection. No matter how well you treat your system, no matter how much care you take, you cannot guarantee that your data will be safe if it exists in only one place.
Backups are necessary in order to recover data from the loss due to the disk failure, accidental deletion or file corruption. There are many ways of taking backup and just as many types of media to use as well.
Cyberoam provides facility of taking regular and reliable data backup. Backup consists of all the policies, logs and all other user related information.
Cyberoam maintains five logs:
Web surfing log This log stores the information of all the websites visited by all the users
User session log Every time the user logs in, session is created. This log stores the session entries of all the users and specifies the login and logout time.
Audit log This log stores the details of all the actions performed the User administrating Cyberoam.
Refer to Appendix A – Audit Log for more details.
Virus log This log stores the details of malicious traffic requests received.
Set Backup Schedule
Select System → Manage Data → Set Backup Schedule
Screen – Set Backup schedule
Screen Elements Description
Backup of Data only (Does not include Logs)
Backup Frequency Backup schedule. Only data backup will be taken.
Select any one
Daily – backup will be send daily
Weekly – backup will be send weekly Monthly – backup will be send monthly Never – backup will never be send
In general, it is best to schedule backup on regular basis.
Depending on how much information you add or change will help you determine the schedule
Incremental Backup of Log files only (in CSV format)
Backup process only copies what has changed since the last backup. This creates a much smaller backup file.
Log Select the logs for backup. Backup of log files will be taken in CSV format.
Available logs for backup: Web surfing, Audit Backup Frequency Select any one
Daily – backup will be send daily Weekly – backup will be send weekly Never – backup will never be send Set Backup Mode
Backup mode Specifies how backup should be taken and send Select FTP backup OR Mail backup
Only for FTP backup
FTP server Specify IP address of FTP server
User name Specify User name with which user has to logon to the FTP server
Password Specify Password
Only for Mail backup
To Mail Id Specify email address to which the backup is to be mailed Save button Saves the configuration
Table – Set Backup Schedule screen elements Backup Data
Select System → Manage Data → Backup Data
Screen – Backup Data
Screen Elements Description Backup System Data
(Does not include logs)
Backup button Takes the recent backup and allows to download
Click Backup data to take backup Download button
Only if backup is taken previously
Download the backup already taken. Also displays date and time of backup
Click Download to download
To download follow the screen instructions Backup Log (in CSV format)
Logs Backup of selected logs will be taken
Select the logs for backup: Web surfing, Audit
Backup button Takes the recent backup of logs and allows to download Click Backup data to take the recent backup
Download button
Only if backup is taken previously
Download the backup of logs already taken. Also displays date and time of backup
Click Download to download
To download follow the screen instructions Table – Backup Data screen elements
Restore Data
With the help of restore facility, restore data from the backup taken. Restoring data older than the current data will lead to the loss of current data.
Select System → Manage Data → Restore Data
Screen – Restore Data screen
Screen Elements Description Upload Backup
File to upload Specify name of backup file to be uploaded Browse button Select the backup file
Upload button Uploads the backup file Table - Restore Data screen elements
Note
Restore facility is version dependant i.e. it will work only if the backup and restore versions are same
Purge
Purging of data means periodic deletion of the data. Cyberoam provides Auto purge and Manual purge facility for deleting log records. Additionally, Auto purge utility also provides an option to enable or disable log archiving.
Cyberoam allows to retain following logs:
• Web surfing
• Mail virus
• Mail spam
• Traffic discovery
• IDP
• FTP
• Appliance Audit log Configure Auto purge Utility
Go to System → Manage Data → Configure Auto purge utility and click against the log to enable archiving and specify the time period to retain log. By default, Cyberoam will not archive IDP logs.
One has to manually enable the archiving of IDP logs.
Log (if enabled) Log Retention period (days)
Default Configurable up to
If disabled, Cyberoam will keep log of current date only and delete records every night.
Earlier versions of Cyberoam supported retention of Web Surfing and Appliance Audit logs only.
Cyberoam will retain the configured retention period of Web Surfing logs and Appliance Audit Logs after upgrading to the latest version.
Screen – Configure Auto purge Utility screen
Manual purge
Use manual purge to delete log records manually Select System → Manage Data → Purge Logs
Screen – Purge Logs screen
Screen Elements Description Purge
Select log for purging Web surfing logs User session logs Audit logs
Appliance Audit logs
Till Date Select the date from Calendar till which the selected log(s) is to be purged
Purge button Purges the selected log till the specified date Click Purge to purge
Table - Purge Logs screen elements
Note
Auto purge option is always on