In the "System" section you can save and restore the configuration of the SONARPLEX appliance as well as install the patches / hotfixes or update the device software.

Backup

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 > System > Backup => the following screens opens.

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In this menu you can create a backup or download an existing one. A list of available Backup is displayed on the undermost part. A maximum of 10 entries will be displayed. Click on any backup to save the file on an external hard drive. The suggested file name contains the System ID (SysID) of the SONARPLEX appliance as well as the "smlp" acronyms to indicate the contained components:

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To create a new backup, proceed as described here (see System Backup part).

Note
Since the firmware version 2.6.4 onwards the SONARPLEX appliance automatically creates a backup after every reboot of the appliance. This can only work if the SONARPLEX appliance is properly configured (see  Insert excerpt _AdminWeb _AdminWeb nopanel true  > Configuration > System > Backup Configuration). Persistent backup are permanent backup and cannot be deleted.

Autobackup archive cfg-autobackup.tar.gz has special purpose: It gets automatically created by system based on defined schedule (see 

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 > Configuration > System > Backup Configuration) in order to be primarily used for high availability service mode. This mode is based on exchanging autobackup archive and rolling it out by slave for substituting master appliance's functionality and its recent data.  You can click on to Image Added to explicitly refresh autobackup archive with recent changes between two subsequent automatic creation turns.

At the end of the list, there is always the following entry: cfg-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-factory-default.tar.gz. With this entry you can restore the delivery state of the SONARPLEX appliance in the "Restore" menu. (see below)

Restore

This menu allows to restore backups.

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At the end of the list, there is always the following entry: cfg-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-factory-default.tar.gz. With this entry you can restore the delivery state of the SONARPLEX appliance. The flash memory of the SONARPLEX appliance is deleted. The IP address of the SONARPLEX appliance as well as the IP addresses of DNS server and gateway are preserved. This way you can access them via the IP address immediately after the SONARPLEX appliance was rebooted.

Email Queue

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 > System > Email Queue => the following screens opens.

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If problems occur with unsent notifications by email (raising email message queue) please crosscheck the SMTP Configuration as well as the email addresses in Contacts.

Update

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This menu is used to install Firmware-image and should be done all 3-4 months.

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Warning
Only use the internet browser Mozilla Firefox to update the software of your SONARPLEX appliance. The size of the update files can cause problems when using the Internet Explorer.

Patch

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In this menu you can install patches / hotfixes for your azeti SONARPLEX appliance. There can only be installed one patch on the SONARPLEX appliance. If you install a new patch, an already existing patch is deleted.

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Patches are supplied by azeti. The name of a patch file should have the following structure: update-<image number>-<patch ID>.tar

MIBs

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 > System > MIBs => the following screens opens.

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1. Click the "Search" button (Datei auswählen) to select the MIB file => an 'open file' dialog opens.
2. Select the file and click on "OK".
3. Then click on  to upload selected file => The MIB file is uploaded to your SONARPLEX Appliance and is subsequently installed.

License

This menushows the license number and the maximum number of monitorable hosts.

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