This will show you the steps involved in exporting the settings of a Smart Centre Server for importing into a newly installed Smart Centre server,
- Download the upgrade_export utility and run it from $FWDIR/bin to export the config to a .tgz
- Transfer the tgz to another machine
- Uninstall all ngx packages and reboot
- Install new server
- Run upgrade_import to import
Rick Donato is a Network Automation Architect/Evangelist and the founder of Packet Coders.
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