Backing up a local station
This procedure backs up the station you are currently logged into. This may be the Supervisor station or a remote controller
station. The file created using this procedure is a compressed distribution (.dist) file.
Prerequisites:
- Using
The default settings do not back up the history files or alarm database. Access history is stored in the rdbms database so, unless you have critical trends running, there may be no need to back up the history files. The local backup files are also excluded from this backup because including previous backups in a backup file does not make logical sense and causes the backup file size to grow exponentially.
- Do one of the following to make a distribution file backup of the existing controller station:
- If you are in
- To use the web UI, click .
- If you are in
- Continuing with the Web UI, click the Local Backup button.A Local Backup window opens.The first option saves the file in the backups folder under the Supervisor station. The second option automatically downloads the backup to the computer’s
Downloadsfolder. - To continue, click Ok.The Job window displays a progress bar while the backup job runs. When the job is finished, the Local Backup window opens.
- Click the
Show Detailslink to open a window that displays the history of this backup job. - To save the backup
*.distfile to a designated location, click the Download button.The browser prompts you to open or save the file. You cannot save it to the controller.NOTE: You must save the file within five minutes of creating it. If you view the file, it opens from a temporary directory. You must designate a save-to location to save the file to a location other than the temporary location. - Do one of the following:
- Choose to save the file.
- Choose to open the file.
If you chose to save the file, a browser prompts you to open the Downloads folder. If you chose to open the file, you can save it from the opening application interface (this must be a file-compression application). - Make a note of the date and where you saved any downloaded backup files so you can find them later.