backup-BackupManager

The Backup Manager is the default view for a station’s BackupService. From this view you can issue a backup command, to back up the station’s configuration to your local PC, in dist file format. When you issue a Backup command, a File Chooser window opens to select the destination directory on your PC and the file name for the backup .dist file.

The default backup destination depends on your station connection, as either:

  • Workbench (Fox) — !backups: A subdirectory backups under your Niagara release directory. If you have not previously made station backups, this directory is automatically created.

  • Browser access (Wb Web Profile) — !backups: A subdirectory backups under the Niagara subfolder of your installed Java 2 runtime environment (Java plugin).

    For example: C:\Program Files\Java\j2rel1.4.2_05\niagara\backups. The first time you make a station backups, the system automatically creates this directory.

The default name for a backup file uses a format of: backup_stationName_YYMMDD_HHMM.dist.

The Backup Manager provides a progress bar and Job Log (>> control) for an initiated backup. The Backup Manager displays a table of the 10 most recent backups, with the following data columns:

Figure 1. Backup Manager


Column Description
Timestamp Indicates the station date and time when the backup was initiated.
Host Indicates the IP address of the requesting (remote) PC for the backup.
Path Indicates the file path used on the requesting (remote) PC for saving the backup. Typically, this is relative to the default Niagara directory (!), however, it may be an absolute file path.
User Indicates the station user that initiated the backup.