This article details the steps for backup and restore of Log Exporter configuration on R80.X upgrades, or as part of Jumbo Take upgrade in R80.10.

 Backup & restore the Log Exporter configuration:

By default, Log Exporter configuration is not transferred as part of the upgrade to R80.20.M1 and not fully updated during an upgrade to R80.20 or above.

Before the upgrade: Backup

• On Single-Domain device:

  1. # cd $EXPORTERDIR

  2. # tar -cvzf targets.tar.gz targets

• On Multi-Domain, follow these steps on each domain-server that has configured log_exporter:

  1. # mdsenv <CURRENT DOMAIN> (use mdsenv without parameters for mds level log exporter)

  2. # cd $EXPORTERDIR

  3. # tar -cvzf <CURRENT DOMAIN>_targets.tar.gz targets

  Note: Copy the compressed file/s to a temporary location that is available from the upgraded device

After the upgrade : restore

• On Single-Domain device:

  1. # cp targets.tar.gz $EXPORTERDIR

  2. # cd $EXPORTERDIR

  3. # tar -xvzf targets.tar.gz targets

  4. # cp_log_export reconf

  5. # cp_log_export restart

• On Multi-Domain, follow these steps on each domain-server that has configured log_exporter:

  1. # mdsenv <CURRENT DOMAIN> (use mdsenv without parameters for mds level log exporter)

  2. # mkdir -p $EXPORTERDIR

  3. # cp <CURRENT DOMAIN>_targets.tar.gz $EXPORTERDIR

  4. # cd $EXPORTERDIR

  5. # tar -xvzf <CURRENT DOMAIN>_targets.tar.gz targets

     After applying steps 1-5 to all domain servers, run:

  6. # cp_log_export reconf

  7. # cp_log_export restart

     In case the following error appears: "Error: No log_exporter has been found for name: [all] domain-server: [all]".

     use the following commands in steps 6-7:

        6.  #  cp_log_export reconf domain all mds

        7.  #  cp_log_export start domain all mds

Notes:

• If you are using TLS encryption, the path to the certificates may change after the upgrade, and you will need to set it accordingly. You may use the cp_log_export set command in order to so.

• If you are using a custom mapping file or custom format configuration (not one of the generic/leef/cef/syslog), the path to the file may have changed after the upgrade, and you may need to change it manually in the targetConfiguration.xml file. See sk122323.

Related solutions:

• sk122323 - Log Exporter - Check Point Log Export

This solution has been verified for the specific scenario, described by the combination of Product, Version and Symptoms. It may not work in other scenarios.