Ironport Email Backup on Virtual Restore on physical

Question

Hi,
Is is possible to backup a Virtual email appliance and restore the configuration on a physical appliance?
Is there any gotcha?
Thank you,

Answer 1

As long as the version of AsyncOS matches between the vESA and the ESA.  You may need to make modifications to the XML itself for the "ethernet_settings" - as the <ports>, <ethernet_settings>, and <cpq_enabled> tagging in the XML will be different for the vESA vs. ESA configuration.
To work around this - simply SAVE the ESA configuration to your local desktop, and save the vESA configuration as well.  Open side-by-side, I would recommend using Notepad++ (PC) or Atom/Sublime (OSX) to edit the XML.  Copy the <ports> through </ports>, <ethernet_settings> through </ethernet_settings>, and <cpq_enabled> </cpq_enabled> lines of the ESA configuration, and place them in the vESA configuration.  Save the vESA configuration as "new_virtual_configuration" - and use this when loading on the ESA.
*Since you are manually editing the XML - be sure to also edit the IP and hostname values to be the needed values needed for the ESA.
You'll see the success message:
Success
Configuration file was loaded. Changes will not take effect until you Commit. Please review network settings before committing the changes.
Commit the changes - and your ESA will now have the vESA configuration.
I hope this helps!
-Robert
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