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Check Point CCSA lab 13 of 14

Maintenance: backups, snapshots, saved configurations, licences and upgrades

Look after the platform: read central and local licences and contracts, take a Gaia backup and save the clish configuration of the gateway, understand snapshots and management database exports, and know how CPUSE delivers hotfixes and upgrades.

Run this lab

It needs Standard: its 3 nodes are set to 7 vCPU and 14,336 MB in total.

In your workspace: Shared, then Check Point CCSA guided labs, then 13 - Maintenance - backups snapshots saved configurations licences and upgrades

Run it on Standard from £5 a day

The free demo can’t run it: it has 6 vCPU and 8 GB, and this lab’s nodes need 7 vCPU and 14,336 MB together. Every lab plan includes every guided lab.

Level
Intermediate
Time
About 60 minutes
Nodes need
7 vCPU, 14,336 MB
Smallest plan
Standard

The scenario

Before the first change window, Northgate's change manager wants proof that the firewall can be restored, and a record of licences and versions. Collect the evidence and take the backups.

What you’ll practise

  • Read licences and contracts with cplic and show license status, and tell central from local licences
  • Take a Gaia backup and save the Gaia configuration to a file
  • Explain snapshots, backups, management exports and when to use each
  • Explain CPUSE, hotfixes and the upgrade path

The tasks

  1. Licences and contracts
  2. Versions
  3. Save the gateway's Gaia configuration
  4. Gaia backup
  5. Snapshots and exports (read only)

The Lab Tasks pane has the scenario, these tasks, the checks to run, hints and the full solution.

Topology and devices

The network as it opens in EVE-NG, drawn from the lab’s own canvas, and the image each node runs.

Topology of Maintenance - backups snapshots saved configurations licences and upgrades3 nodes and 1 network, 3 links. Every link is listed as text below the diagram.SMSHQ-GWADMIN-PCHQ-LANeth0eth0eth0
3 nodes and 1 network, with the interface names each link uses.
Every link, as text
  • SMS eth0 to HQ-LAN (network)
  • HQ-GW eth0 to HQ-LAN (network)
  • ADMIN-PC eth0 to HQ-LAN (network)
Nodes in Maintenance: backups, snapshots, saved configurations, licences and upgrades, with the image each runs and the vCPU and RAM it’s set to
NodeDeviceImage in Add NodeSet to
SMSCheck Point Security Management Servercpsms-R81.20-Licensed4 vCPU, 8,192 MB
HQ-GWCheck Point Security Gateway VE (cpsg template)cpsg-R81.20-Licensed2 vCPU, 4,096 MB
ADMIN-PCEVE-NG Firefox browser (Docker)eve-firefox:latest1 vCPU, 2,048 MB

How to open this lab

  1. Sign in to your workspace at lab.cloudlabbox.com.

  2. In File Manager, open Shared, then the folder Check Point CCSA guided labs.

  3. Open 13 - Maintenance - backups snapshots saved configurations licences and upgrades and start its nodes, then open Lab Tasks for the scenario and the steps.

The lab is read-only. You can start the nodes and configure the devices, but changes to the topology can’t be saved. To change it, rebuild it in your own folder.

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