About FMOS Backups

All of the SIP application data such as your device configurations and user profiles are stored in the database. To ensure that you can access recent data in the unlikely event of a corruption or system failure, SIP performs an automatic daily backup.

The average size of a backup with a fresh install (no devices) is about 200 MB, each device, report and configuration will increase this size. The retention policy set in the FMOS Control Panel (55555, interface) will determine how often the system will be backed up and how much will be retained.

A Backup Operator must be assigned as an FMOS privileged user before a backup can be performed.

Only full backups are performed, not incremental backups.

FMOS provides utilities to create and restore backups of data created and used by FireMon applications. These used can be accessed from the FMOS command-line interface with the fmos backup and fmos restore commands. Keeping up-to-date backups is an important part of maintaining a FireMon deployment.

Backup Contents

FMOS uses a custom file format for backups. Backup files consist of three parts:

• The FMOS system configuration document (config.yml)

• The PostgreSQL database, in pg_dump “custom” format

• The contents of /var/lib/firemon, as a tape archive (tarball)

Additionally, backup files include a checksum, which is used to verify their integrity when restoring.