Backup
NOTE: The backup dist file also contains the TCP/IP configuration of the host when it is backed up. When restoring the backup, you can select to restore these settings, or retain the TCP/IP settings currently in use by the target host. See “Restoring a backup dist”.
You can perform a backup with a station running on the target host, or when no station is running.
- If the JACE is running station, a confirmation dialog appears to connect to it, as shown below. This routine uses that station’s BackupService to perform an “online backup.” (If the station is not already open in Workbench, you must then logon as a station user.)
- If no station is running on the JACE, the platform daemon performs its own “offline backup.”
Figure 67. Backup with station running, station connection
After station login and connection to the station (or if no station is running), the File Chooser appears, as shown below. Navigate to a target location to save the backup file, and to rename if desired.
Figure 68. File Chooser to select target folder and dist file name
By default, the Backup function automatically creates (if not already present) a backups subdirectory under your Niagara build directory. The default name for a backup file uses a format of: backup_stationName_YYMMDD_HHMM.dist
For example, “backup_J6E_West_150228_1330.dist” for a backup made of station “J6E_West” on February 28, 2015 at 1:30 pm.
After you click Save the backup starts.
- If the station is running, a Fox Backup job is performed. A notification popup appears in the lower right of your display when the backup is done. This job is recorded in the station’s BackupService and visible in that component’s BackupManager view. Details are also available by accessing the job in the station’s Job Service Manager.
- If doing an “offline backup” (no station running), the platform daemon provides another progress dialog during the backup
to a dist file, as shown below.
Figure 69. Backup from Platform Administration, no station running
Upon completion, you can click Close to return to the Platform Administration view, or click Details to see another popup with a log of actions performed in the backup, as shown below.
Figure 70. Available Details from backup using platform daemon (no station running)
