Hello,
We are trying to backup our Check Point Security Management Server at regular intervals via a scheduled script (or better solution if it exists?). We are using the Check Point Security Management Server appliance from the AWS Marketplace and are using the PAYG licensing model. We are also running version R81.20.
Question:
Can we use the Management API to export the management database? I found this API call which appears to be very similar to the migrate_server export CLI command:
https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/latest/APIs/#web/export-management~v1.9.1%20
The one thing I'm not sure of is licensing - I don't see an option to exclude licenses. Since we are on PAYG, we have to exclude the license on export/import when using the migrate_server command (although I think the exclude license option is only on the import side now). In the past, I have successfully upgraded our SMS from version R81.10 to R81.20 using the migrate_server export/import commands successfully.
This SK mentions using migrate_server but I didn't see anything for using the Management API:
How to back up Security Gateways and Security Management Servers deployed in a Public Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI)
https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk169814
This SK notes the importance of excluding the license on export/import if you are on PAYG licensing model:
How to perform Advanced Upgrade for CloudGuard Management version in AWS, Azure, or GCP (Side-by-Side upgrade)
https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk155632