GFI Webmonitor

Please ensure you done a backup of your configure before upgrading.

Step below

To backup the GFI WebMonitor (ISA/TMG version) Configuration, make a backup of the following GFI WebMonitor Configuration files:

GFI WebMonitor 2012 R2 (20120831) Onwards

As of this release, a new Import and Restore tool has been included.

Please follow this article for the full procedure.

GFI WebMonitor 2012 and 2013

• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\configuration.db
• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\quarantine.db
• GFI\WebMonitor\Data\WEBMON.FDB

GFI WebMonitor 2011

• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\configuration.db
• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\quarantine.db
• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\WMONHISTORY.FDB

Note: GFI WebMonitor 2011, Service Release 3 (build 20110920 and later) has a different configuration.db structure than previous GFI WebMonitor 2011 builds.  Therefore, you cannot restore a configuration.db file from GFI WebMonitor 2011, builds prior to build 20110920, directly into 20110920 and later builds.  If you need to do this, please contact technical support

 

GFI WebMonitor 2009

• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\avapicfg.mdb
• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\configuration.db
• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\wmhistory*.db
• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\wmaction*.db
• GFI\WebMonitor\Interface\App_Data\quarantine.db
• GFI\WebMonitor\WebMonCfg.TXT
• GFI\WebMonitor\LiveRules.txt

To Restore the GFI WebMonitor configuration, follow the following procedure:

1. Stop the following services from the services console: 
   • GFI WebMonitor 
   • GFI WebMonitor Attendant Service (2011 only)
   • GFI WebMonitor Core Service (2012 and 2013only)
2. Microsoft Firewall (Note: this will break all connections)
3. Copy and replace the GFI WebMonitor configuration files listed above
4. Start the services listed above

Notes: This procedure can be used when implementing a CARP installation of GFI WebMonitor (ISA/TMG only). This will ensure that the various installations of GFI WebMonitor running in the CARP array have identical configurations.

Related Articles:

• How to backup and restore the GFI WebMonitor (Standalone Proxy Version) Configuration