Backing up a station using the BackupService

You may use this procedure to manually back up a single Supervisor or controller station. The Niagara Provisioning Guide explains how to set up a job prototype to back up all stations on a network.

You are using Workbench running on a PC and are connected to the remote station.
  1. Expand Config > Services and double-click the BackupService.
    The Backup Manager view opens.
  2. To back up the station, select the station and click Backup.
    A File Chooser window opens with a default location and name for the backup. The default ~backups folder is in the user home: C:\Users\<user name>\<framework version>\tridium\backups where:

    • <user name> is the name that identifies your PC

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    • <framework version> identifies the current version of the Niagara Framework.

  3. To change the backup location, use the icons at the top of this window or accept the default and click Save.
    The BackupService creates a .dist (distribution) file of the station in the folder you selected.