Scheduling database backups and cleanups for the Travel Times Plugin - Travel Times 12.4

Security Center Travel Times User Guide 12.4

Applies to
Travel Times 12.4
Last updated
2024-03-19
Content type
Guides > User guides
Language
English
Product
Travel Times
Version
12.4

It is important to protect your data by scheduling regular database backups. Also, regularly clean your database to remove old data so that the database does not grow beyond its capacity. If the database is full, your integration might stop working.

Before you begin

Ensure you have the following privileges:
  • View role properties
  • Modify role properties
  • Administration > Plugins

What you should know

  • The Directory database stores the plugin configuration and related entity types.
  • The Directory database stores the plugin configuration and related entity types.
  • The plugin role database stores the events and the entity configuration.
  • The plugin role database contains plugin properties, related entities, events, and alarms associated with travel time data.
  • It is a best practice to schedule all database maintenance during non-peak hours.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the Plugins task.
  2. From the entity browser, select the plugin role and click the Resources tab.
  3. Click Cleanup (), choose how long to keep events and when to delete old data, and then click OK.
    Database cleanup window showing data retention policy set for 90 days and cleaning scheduled for Sundays at 2:00 am.
    NOTE: By default, the For (keep data) setting is set to 90 days and the Clean each setting is set to Custom and no cleanup day is specified. Select the days on which the cleanup should take place. Otherwise, the cleanup will not run.
    Database cleanup window showing data retention policy set for 30 days and cleaning scheduled for every day at 11:00 pm.
  4. Click Backup/Restore (), choose the location for backup files, enable automatic backups at least once per week, and then click OK.

    For more information, see Backing up databases on a schedule on the TechDoc Hub. For more information, see Backing up databases.

  5. Click Apply.