Technical Tip: How to identify type of FortiWeb backup

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Description	This article describes how to understand the type of backup collected to have a better understanding of what is included. Options include: Full backup with Machine-learning data included. Full backup with Machine-learning data not included. CLI configuration backup. Web Protection Profile-related configuration backup.
Scope	FortiWeb.
Solution	Option 1: From the name of the backup zip file where: Full backup files, whether including ML data or not, will have system.conf at the end of the file name. ex. FWEB1_20241016094954_system.conf The CLI configuration backup files will have system_no_defaults at the end of the file name. ex. FWEB1_20241016095026_system_no_defaults.conf The Web Protection Profile-related configuration backup will have system_profile.conf at the end of the file name. ex. FWEB1_20241016095051_system_profile.conf Option 2: By extracting the config file and checking the values of the type and file_number values where: For full backup with Machine-learning data included: For full backup with Machine-learning data not included: For CLI configuration backup: For Web Protection Profile-related configuration backup: For additional information on FortiWeb backups and the data contained within each backup: Backup & restore