You can backup and restore the LoadMaster configuration settings as needed. You can take manual backups, but you can also save backups to a remote server. The complete configuration (the Virtual Service, GEO, ESP and base configuration) of the LoadMaster is saved to a single file on the server along with statistical data.

Note: No SSL certificate information is contained within a backup.

The server must be running an FTP daemon or an SSH daemon. By default the remote protocol is FTP but that can be changed to SCP.

When restoring a configuration, you specify what parts of the configuration should be restored:

  • The LoadMaster base configuration only

  • The Virtual Service configuration only

  • The GEO configuration only

  • The ESP SSO configuration only

  • A combination of the Virtual Service, GEO, ESP, and/or LoadMaster base configuration

The base configuration contains the information about the basic configuration of the LoadMaster, that is, the IP addresses of the various interfaces and the keyboard and time zone settings.

The Virtual Service configuration contains only the settings relating to the Virtual Services and the Real Servers.

The GEO configuration contains only the settings relating to the GEO configuration.

The ESP SSO configuration stores the SSO domains, LDAP endpoints and SSO custom image sets. This does not restore the Virtual Service settings - use the VS Configuration option to restore those.

Note: Prior to restoring your configuration, please ensure that the LoadMaster receiving the configuration is in the same High Availability (HA) mode as when the backup was taken. The LoadMaster Base Configuration currently only allows migration from an individual unit to an individual unit or from HA to HA. This cannot currently cross HA configuration types. For more information on how to set up HA, refer to the Set Up HA section of the High Availability (HA) Feature Description.

You can configure automated backups on a daily or weekly basis.