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Schedule

You can schedule regular configuration backups for switches connected to Sophos Central, or pause an existing schedule.

Scheduled backups contain all settings configured on the switch since the last scheduled or manual backup. They include settings from all sources, including Sophos Central, local configuration, CLI, and APIs. Any configuration from Sophos Central that hasn't been synchronized with the switch isn't included in a backup. Backups can't differentiate between configurations pushed from Sophos Central or any other source.

Sophos Central stores the backups for security and convenience. You can download backups for offline storage.

Set a backup schedule

To set a regular backup schedule for your switches do as follows:

  1. Sign in to Sophos Central.
  2. Go to My Products > Switches > Backup.

  3. Click Schedule.

    Click schedule.

  4. Select Scheduled backups.

    Turn on Scheduled backups.

  5. Under Schedule settings, configure the following options:

    • Frequency: Set the frequency backups will be taken. The available options are, Daily, Weekly and Monthly.
    • At: Select the time backups will be taken.
    • Keep maximum of [number] backups per switch: The amount of backups to keep per switch. Select the number from the drop-down.
    • Tags that get attached to each backup: Enter at least one tag for your backups.

  6. Click Save.

Pause a schedule

To pause a previously configured schedule, do as follows:

  1. Sign in to Sophos Central.
  2. Go to My Products > Switches > Backup.
  3. Click in the row of the switch for which you want to pause the backup schedule.

  4. Click Actions and select Pause schedules.

    Select pause schedules.

  5. In pop-up dialog, check the information is correct and click Pause schedules.