topic Re: Difference between System Backup and Save Configuration in Firewall and Security Management

Difference between System Backup and Save Configuration

fjulianom — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:58:58 GMT

Hi community,

I read the following in the CCSA student guide:

System backup: This method allows you to back up the configuration of the Gaia
operating system and the Check Point configuration.

Save configuration: The Save Configuration backup method is used for saving Gaia operating system configuration
settings as a ready-to-run CLI script.

For me, they do the same thing. After this there is a chart with a few differences, one of them says that System Backup back up products configuration while Save Configuration doesn't.

According to me, the configuration of the Gaia OS refers to things like interface IP addresses, NTP, routing protocols, etc. What does product configuration refer to?

Thanks in advance,

Julián

Re: Difference between System Backup and Save Configuration

_Val_ — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:02:31 GMT

I believe, sk108902 has all info you need.

Product configuration is a collection of product settings, config files, and registries.

Re: Difference between System Backup and Save Configuration

fjulianom — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:23:48 GMT

Thanks. Do you mean product configuration could be things such as policies or objects?

Regards,

Julián

Re: Difference between System Backup and Save Configuration

_Val_ — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:33:35 GMT

Yes, those things, and more.

Re: Difference between System Backup and Save Configuration

the_rock — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:35:19 GMT

This is your best reference and yes, you are probably correct, they do pretty much the same thing : - )

https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk108902&srcFavorites=favorites