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Cisco ASA 5505 Backup/Restore

Hi,
One end of our site to site vpn has changed IP address and so I have to reconfigure.

I have performed a backup of the ASA 5505 device using Tools > Backup Configurations and this creates a backup zip file.

I then made several unsuccesful changes and wanted to restore to my back but after a lengthy restore process using Tools > Restore Configurations, nothing had changed and I had to restore all settings manually.

Am I making a silly error here? Any advice welcomed

Thanks. J.

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jerryhatt

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Hi Peter,

I chose all settings from the options of what to backup and again when restoring.

After the restore it didnt tell me anything had changed and the dblue 'save' icon wasn't at the bottom of the ASDM screen as it is when you manually change something.

ptchuba

Ok. Have you tried restarting the device? Or is it in production?

jerryhatt

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It is in production. I can probably restart after hours but was worried about it restarting with the wrong config.
Is it normal for a full restore to not show the changes in the asdm until a restart of the asa?

ptchuba

I'm not sure. Please restart ASDM and see if the changes are in effect. If not you can telnet or ssh into the ASA and then issue the command Sh version. The last line should tell you when last the configuration was modified. You can also issue the "show run" command to see if the backup was successful.