Restoring an Appliance

With a backup archive file, you can quickly recover a ShadowControl appliance to its state at the time the backup was taken.

Note: You cannot restore an appliance archive file to an existing appliance. The restore process is available only as part of a new appliance install.

To restore an appliance database, follow these steps:

  1. Install a new ShadowControl appliance, as described in Installing the ShadowControl Appliance.
  2. On the Initial Appliance Setup dialog, select Restore this appliance from a ShadowControl database backup file.
  3. Click Browse to locate and select the database backup file.
  4. Enter the encryption password, then click Save.
  5. The setup program restores the appliance's configuration.
  6. Follow the remaining steps in the setup wizard to complete the restore.