Back Up

[AUT_Maverick]

Are there any best practices for backing up a Fortigate and Fortimanager?

[srajeswaran]

The best option is to enable automatic/scheduled backup on regular intervals.

Fortigate scheduled backup : https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-send-automated-backups-of-the-confi...

FortiManager Scheduled backup: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiAnalyzer/Technical-Tip-How-to-send-automatic-and-scheduled-sy...

[Nchandan]

You can also use FortiCloud to take a backup from FortiGate. 

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/How-to-send-a-backup-configuration-file-to-FortiCloud/ta...

[asrour]

Fortimanager has the revision history of the Fortigates which is also a backup of the fortigate. The revision history versions are included in the Fortimanager backup.

You can check them from Device Manager -> Device & Groups -> select a firewall -> Dasboard -> Configuration and installation -> Total Revision (and click on the icon to the right)

[pavankr5]

Hello @AUT_Maverick,

some of the best practices are:

>Perform regular backups at scheduled intervals depending on your network's changes and criticality,
> Store backups in multiple locations, such as on a separate server, external storage, or cloud storage. This protects against data loss in case of hardware failure or disasters affecting one location.

>  Use automation stitch for automated backup for taking backup.

Thanks