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Maintenance Guide
Information about the maintenance tasks of Guardian, to help you administer and maintain the solution in a production environment.
Backup and Restore
Do a full backup from the web UI
You can do a full backup from the web UI.

Guardian
- Introduction
  An overview of Guardian.
- Installation Guide
  Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
- Administrator Guide
  Information and resources about the Administration section of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do in this part of the software.
- User Guide
  Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
- Maintenance Guide
  Information about the maintenance tasks of Guardian, to help you administer and maintain the solution in a production environment.
  - Introduction
  - Backup and Restore
    - Scheduled backups
      You can schedule full backups from the web UI.
    - Do a full backup from a shell console
      You can do a full backup from the sensor shell console.
    - Do a full backup from the web UI
      You can do a full backup from the web UI.
    - Schedule a full backup from the web UI
      You can schedule a full backup from the web UI.
    - Download a backup archive from the web UI
      You can do a download a backup archive from the web UI.
    - Delete a backup archive from the web UI
      You can do a delete a backup archive from the web UI.
    - Upload a backup archive in the web UI
      You can do a upload a backup archive in the web UI.
    - Do a backup of the environment from a shell console
      You can do a backup of an existing environment from the sensor shell console.
    - Do a full restore from the web UI
      You can do a full restore from the web UI.
    - Do a full restore from a shell console
      You can do a full restore from the sensor shell console.
    - Do a restore of the environment from a shell console
      You can do a restore of the environment on an existing installation from the sensor shell console.
  - Reboot and Shutdown
  - Software update and rollback
  - Reset
  - Miscellaneous
- Print format documentation
  A list of all the print-format documentation that is available for Guardian.

Do a full backup from the web UI

You can do a full backup from the web UI.

When you perform a full backup, only the following traces are retained:

Those generated via Request custom trace (from Other actions)
Those generated via Request a trace (from Nodes and Links)
Those from Alerts

In the top navigation bar, select
The administration page opens.
In the System section, select Backup and restore.
The Backup and restore page opens.
Optional: If necessary, in the Generate Backup Archive section, select the Include traces checkbox.
In the Generate Backup Archive, select Download.

The backup file has been saved to your Downloads folder.