LoadMasters that exist in Kemp 360 Central may be backed up in the following way:

Note: LoadMaster profiles and target environments are included in all backup archives and are restored when a backup archive is applied.
  1. In the Kemp 360 Central UI menu, click the cloud icon.

  2. Select a network (as shown in the first image), to backup multiple units. To back up a single unit, navigate to that unit in the network tree (as shown in the second image).
  3. Select the System Configuration tab.
  4. Expand the Backup/Restore section.

  5. Select the LoadMasters that you would like to back up. You can select the Select All check box to select a maximum of 13 LoadMasters.
    Note: On systems where there are a large number of LoadMasters, you can only select a maximum of 13 to back up/restore at one time. In addition, you can use the Search field to quickly locate the LoadMasters you want. If you have multiple LoadMasters selected over different pages, you can click Reset to reset your selection.
  6. Click Backup.

A pop-up message appears with three options:

  • Configuration Only: Select this option to back up your LoadMaster configuration only.
  • SSL Certificates Only: Select this option to back up your SSL certificates only.
  • Both: Select this option to back up both your LoadMaster configuration and SSL certificates.

    If you select SSL Certificates Only, an additional password will be required for the certificate archive.

    Note: All backups are password-protected, so you will be prompted for a password that will be required upon restore. If you select SSL Certificates Only, an additional password is required for the certificate archive.
  1. Select the option you want.
  2. Click Confirm. A pop-up message displays saying the backup was created.

After you create the backups, the backup files can be found in the Backup Repository section of the Global Repository. The downloaded zip file contains a configuration archive, a certificate archive, or both. These can be extracted from the zip file and applied to a LoadMaster outside of Kemp 360 Central, using either the LoadMaster UI or the LoadMaster API.

A configuration-only backup archive, downloaded to the customer’s local machine from either the LoadMaster or Kemp 360 Central, can be uploaded to Kemp 360 Central. This is recognized as a LoadMaster backup and can be restored to any LoadMaster. Any other file uploaded to the backup repository of Kemp 360 Central is also stored and labeled as a configuration-only backup archive. However, if the customer attempts to restore one of these to a LoadMaster, they get an error. This is true for all of the following files that might be uploaded to Kemp 360 Central:

  • An SSL archive that was downloaded from either the LoadMaster or Kemp 360 Central.
  • A combined configuration and SSL backup archive that was downloaded from Kemp 360 Central.
  • Any random file that is not a backup archive (for example, an image file, a text file, and so on).