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Desktop Central stores information like configuration details, status of deployed configurations, and details about reports, like User Logon reports and Active Directory reports, in a database. Creating a back up of this database and certain important files like configuration files is necessary to prevent loss of data.
You can back up data automatically, by scheduling a back up using Desktop Central, or taking a back up manually. You can also restore this data when required. For example, assume that your hard disk crashes and you have to re-install Desktop Central. You can use the last back up you took to restore all the required information. Note that this is possible only if the back up file is stored in a computer other than yours.
These are the few best practices recommended for Back Up and Restore option.
You can use Desktop Central to take a back up of the database regularly. For example, if you want to take a back up of the database every Friday at 5 p.m., you can schedule the same using Desktop Central.
To schedule back up of data, follow the steps given below:
Select the Admin tab
In the Tools section, click Database Back up
Specify the time at which you want the back up to be taken, in hour:minute:second (hh:mm:ss) format
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The time should be specified in the 24-hour format. For example, if you want the database back up to be taken at 6 p.m., the time should be specified as 18:00:00. |
Select the number of back up files that you want Desktop Central to save
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Using this option you can select how many database back up files should be saved. The older back up files will be deleted. For example, if you want only 7 back up files saved, select 7. This will ensure that at all times only 7 back up files are saved. |
Specify the location where you want the backup files to be stored
Check the Notify when the database back up fails checkbox
Specify the email address (es) to which you want an e-mail message sent, if the database back up fails
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Ensure that you have configured your mail server settings to receive notifications. |
Click Save Changes
You have scheduled an automatic data backup to take place automatically at a specified time.
You can manually back up and restore the database. You can do this using the Backup-Restore Utility GUI.
Opening the Back up-Restore Utility Graphical User Interface (GUI)
To open the Back up-Restore Utility GUI, follow the steps given below:
Right-click start>Explore>Local Disk (C:)>Program Files>DesktopCentral_Server>bin
Double-click back up restore.bat
You've opened the Back up-Restore Utility GUI.
Creating a back up file
On the Backup-Restore Utility GUI, click the Back up tab
Select the location where you want to save the back up file
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If you're using a network share, the directory should have write permission for everyone in the network. |
Click Backup
A backup file is created and saved in the specified location. The file will be named using the buildnumber-date-time.zip format. For example, 70120-Oct-25-2010-13-26.zip where 70120 is the build number, Oct 25th 2010 is the date and 13:26 is the time.
Restoring a back up file
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Ensure that you have shut down the Desktop Central server before restoring a backup file. |
On the Backup-Restore Utility GUI, click the Restore tab
Browse and select the required back up file.
Click Restore
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The build number of the Desktop Central server should match the build number of the back up file you are restoring. |
This will restore the specified data to Desktop Central server.
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If remote database is configured with the Desktop Central server, ensure that it is running on a remote machine. After restoration, the changes made after the back up date will not be available. |
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