To protect your data, it is important to schedule regular database backups and
encryption. Also, to avoid growing beyond its capacity, you must regularly cleanup your
database to remove old data.
Before you begin
- Ensure you have the following privileges:
- Create a folder to store your backup configuration files. This folder is not
created by default.
Procedure
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From the Config Tool homepage, open the Plugins task.
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Select the CCURE 9000 Access Control plugin role from the entity
browser.
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On the Resources tab, click
Backup/Restore ().
The Backup/Restore dialog box opens.
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In the Backup folder field, enter the filepath of the
folder where you want to store your backup files.
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To reduce the size of backup files, turn on the Compress backup
file option.
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To create backups on a schedule, do the following:
- Turn on the Enable automatic backup option.
- In the Every field, enter the day and time that
you want to create a backup.
- In the Keep field, enter the number of backup
files that you want to save.
- Click OK.
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Click Cleanup ().
The
Database cleanup dialog box opens.
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Configure the following:
- Keep data
- Select the frequency that you want to clean your database.
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- Indefinitely
- Retains your data for an indefinite period of time.
- For specified number of days
- Retains your data for the selected number of days.
- Clean each
- Select the days when you want to clean your database and enter the
time of day when you want to clean your database.
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Ensure that the Encrypt communications option in the
Database security section of the
Properties page is turned on.
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Click OK.
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Click Apply.