Endpoint Protection

How to restore back up

Follow this kb for restoring a back up

Best Practices for Disaster Recovery with the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH102333&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1293041753638

if you have taken a backup from the SEPM Backup and restore wizrad and restore it from the same wixrad and before logging into the SEPM RE RUN the Management server configuration wizard

Start--All Programs --Symantec endpoint protection manager--Backup and Restore and restore..

1. In the Services window, right-click Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, and then click Stop.
   Note: Do not close the Services window until you are finished with this procedure.
2. Create the following directory:
   \\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\data\backup
    
3. Copy your database backup file to the directory.
   Note: By default, the database backup file is named date_timestamp.zip.
4. Click Start> Programs> Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager> Database Back Up and Restore.
5. In the Database Back Up and Restore dialog box, click Restore.
6. In the Restore Site dialog box, select the backup file that you copied to the backup directory, and then click OK.

Same i have done today in testing Enviorment but when i did the above steps , then i was not connected to the data base , till i have done complete steps of "management server configuration wizard".

I thing this is mendotry to do that .

Hope Am i right

Yes management server configuration wizard". is mandatory or else you will not be able to login to the SEPM

Yeah ..thats the last part and that needs to be done after restore is completed.

That's rights , i was not able to log-in in the SEPM console. Till i have not done configuration wizard and the key copy on the respective location.