File backup and restoration

It is highly recommended to take a backup of critical files and folders before installing service packs.

File backup

You can either take a server snapshot or follow the given steps.

• Stop the EventLog Analyzer application.
• Copy the following folders without any exclusions.
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/bin
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/conf
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/images
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/jre
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/lib
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/server
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/tools
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/troubleshooting
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/webapps
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/pgsql
• Copy the entire ES folder, excluding the below files.
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/ES/data
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/ES/CachedRecord
  • <EventLog Analyzer Home>/ES/archive
• Also copy the following files from the data folder from the EventLog Analyzer home.
• <EventLog Analyzer Home>/data/cookie.txt
• <EventLog Analyzer Home>/data/pub_rsa.key
• <EventLog Analyzer Home>/data/sls.conf

File restoration

• Stop the EventLog Analyzer application.
• Copy the current product files to a different folder. This is to ensure product functionality in case of file restoration failure.
• Replace the current product files with the files copied during backup.