You back up a role database from Config
Tool, from the role's
Resources page.
What you should know
You protect the data managed by a role by backing up its database.
For
the Archiver and Auxiliary Archiver roles, you also need to back up the video archive
because the associated video files are not stored in the database.
Procedure
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From the Config
Tool homepage, open the
System task, and click the Roles view.
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Select a role, and click the Resources tab.
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Click Backup/Restore ().
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In the Backup/Restore dialog box, beside the Backup
folder field, click Select folder (), and select the folder where you want to save the backup
file.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you select a separate and secure location to store your
backups.
NOTE: The location of the Backup folder is relative to
the server performing the backup. By default, databases are backed up to
C:\SecurityCenterBackup on the database server, and configuration
files are backed up to the same folder on the server hosting the role. If the folder does
not exist, it will be created. To save your backups on a shared network drive, enter the
path manually, and ensure that both the Genetec™
Server service user and the SQL Server
service user have write access to that location.
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(Optional) Turn on the Compress backup file option to create a
ZIP file instead of a BAK file.
If you select this option, you need to unzip the backup file before you can restore
it.
IMPORTANT: The Compress backup
file option only works if the database is local to the server hosting
the role.
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Click Backup now.
Results
A backup file is created in the backup folder with the file extension BAK. The name of
the file is the database name, followed by “_ManualBackup_”, and the current date and
time.