Fine-tuning & best practices : Regular backups
 
Regular backups
Make a backup before executing operations that can cause large configuration changes, such as:
Upgrading the firmware
Running the CLI commands execute factoryreset or execute restore
Clicking the Reset button in the System Information widget on the dashboard
Changing the operation mode
To mitigate impact in the event of a network compromise, always password-encrypt your backups.
There are two backup methods:
Manual (see “To back up the configuration via the web UI”)
Figure 95: System > Maintenance > Backup & Restore
Via FTP/SFTP (see “To back up the configuration via the web UI to an FTP/SFTP server”).
 
To lessen the impact on performance, schedule the FTP backup time for off-peak hours.
Figure 96: System > Maintenance > FTP Backup