Disaster recovery for Enterprise Manager

 

A recovery tool provides a comprehensive recovery system for an Enterprise Manager that is no longer functioning, for example, if it failed as a result of an earthquake or fire. This feature provides complete and continued management of Appliances from a Recovery Enterprise Manager after the crisis.

Not all users have access to this feature. Refer to  in the Forescout Administration Guide for more information on Console permissions.

How disaster recovery works

 

A Recovery Enterprise Manager registered at the maintains a lightweight TCP connection with all devices in the corporate network. The purpose of this connection is to:

  • Verify that the Recovery device can connect to other components.
  • Transmit primary Enterprise Manager system settings to the Recovery device.

This connection is used to manage network Appliances when the Recovery Enterprise Manager is switched over as the primary Enterprise Manager.

Communication between the Enterprise Manager and the Recovery Enterprise Manager is performed on port 13000/TCP using standard TLS encryption.

You can set up one Recovery Enterprise Manager in your enterprise.

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disaster recovery requirements

 

  • Disaster recovery may only be deployed on networks that have installed components running version 7.X or above.
    Note: Refer also to Forescout End of Life Version Information
  • The Recovery Enterprise Manager may not manage managed Appliances