Configuring Backup Settings

In the Portal Management page, you can enable daily backups and configure settings for automated daily backups of event model data, which are stored on the Report Server in the designated directory. As needed, Portal backups can be restored, returning your Discover solution to a previously saved state.

About this task

Note: Before scheduling automated backups, you should perform a single on-demand backup first to assess the storage requirements for each backup. Then, you can determine the space available for retaining backups on the server and configure the number retained accordingly. See Managing backups.

Procedure

  1. In the left navigation panel of the Portal Management page, click the Backup & Restore category.
  2. Click Backup Settings.
  3. The Backup settings are displayed. To change any of the following settings, click Edit.

Results

Setting
Description
Backup Directory
Directory inside the Discover install directory where backups are stored.
Note: Only UNC and absolute file paths are supported.
Backup Time
Time of day when backups are created. By default, the time is set to 12 midnight (00:00).
Number of Backups Retained
Number of days of backup data that are retained in the Backup Directory.
Note:
  1. This setting is not enforced until scheduled backups have been enabled. If scheduled backups are disabled, all backups in the directory are retained.
  2. If you wish to retain event model data backups for longer than the number of days specified in this setting, you can download the backup from this screen to your local system for safekeeping. Older backups are purged from the directory by Discover.
Scheduled Backups
Set this value to Enabled to perform scheduled backups.
Note:
  1. If scheduled backups are disabled, all backups in the directory are retained. If you have more than the Number of Backups Retained stored in the directory, enabling this setting causes the oldest backups to be purged when the first scheduled backup is executed.
  2. This setting must be enabled to perform scheduled backups of event model data.

To save your changes, click Save.

When backups are executed, you can review them through the Portal. In the Backup & Restore panel, click the Backup/Restore link. See Managing backups.

Note: Backup files are compressed and encoded. They cannot be read outside of the Discover environment.