===== Snapshots =====
==== Overview ====
A snapshot is a backup of the entire configuration, written into an exportable flat file\\
**It contains:**
  * Monitoring settings (Systems, connectors, user profiles, monitors, profiles, etc...)
  * Admin settings
  * User settings
  * Plugins

**It excludes:**
  * Generated reports
  * Monitor metadata and historical information
  * Logs
  * Statistics

==== Administration ====
The snapshot section of the admin menu allows to do the following:
  * Configure backup plan
  * Import and apply snapshot
  * Create and export snapshot

=== Backup plan ===

  * The backup plan will define how often a backup of the configuration will be performed.
  * The backup operation consists of taking a snapshot of the configuration, which is stored on Pro.Monitor server.
  * To configure the backup, set its recurrence using the backup plan formular below.
  * If **Smart backup** is active, the snapshot will be created only if a configuration change occurred since the last backup

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=== Import snapshots ===
  * Use the upload button to select a snapshot file on your local system and upload it to Pro.Monitor
  * It will be displayed in the table of available snapshots. From this table you will see snapshot date, comment and if it was added manually or generated automatically.
  * Select your snapshot and press **Apply**, it will replace the entire configuration by the one set in the snapshot

**Note:** Pro.Monitor has been designed to 100% backward compatible with any version of snapshots

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**Caution:** To apply a snapshot will remove any existing configuration, if you want to be able to recover it, take a snapshot before.

=== Take/Export snapshots ===
  * Press the **Take snapshot** button to manually create a snapshot of the configuration
  * The snapshot will be displayed in the table.
  * Press the **Download button ** to copy the file on your local system.
  * This file can then be used to export the snapshot to another Pro.Monitor instance or to restore its configuration.

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