Configuring DCBackup
You can configure DCBackup by using the backup directory. Using the following steps you can specify the number of old backup folders to retain, the number of partial backup folders to retain, and how much additional free space to allot on the hard drive.
About this task
Configuration is accomplished in two basic steps:
- Configuring the parameters in
DCBackupCfg.xml
. These parameters are described below. - Scheduling when to run DCBackup.
Procedure
-
To Configure DCBackup, open
DCBackupCfg.xml
file located in theTools
directory in the Discover install directory. - Modify the following configuration options:
- Option
- Description
Backup Directory
- Specifies the name of the directory in which to store the Canister
data files. This directory can be a remote host on the network. To
specify the remote host, use the UNC path naming:
\\BACKUPSERVER\directory
.Note: The specified backup directory on the remote server must be shared. The user under which the backup process is scheduled to run must have permissions to write to the designated backup server. Remove Old DCBackup Directories
- When set to
1
, this option removes old backup folders. TheFullBackUpCount
setting specifies the number of backup folders to keep. This option works by timestamp, so only the most recent backup folders are kept. FullBackUpCount
- Specifies the number of old backup folders to retain.
BackupDaysToSave
- Specifies the number of partial backup folders to retain.
FreeDiskSpace
- Specifies additional free space to allot on the hard drive beyond what is required by
DCBackup.vbs
.
- To run a single instance of DCBackup, open a command prompt.
- Navigate to the
Tools
directory inside the Discover install directory. -
Run
DCBackup.exe
: - The following options are available through the command
line or through the Windows™ Task
Scheduler:
- Option
- Description
Full
- Specifies to back up the base Canister. This includes the Master
Session archive table (
LSSN
), Post Event/ Annotation table (PEVT
), Report tables (RF*.DAT
), Event and Category tables (NTYP
,NCTG
), corresponding CSV files, and Search Server registry files. See Full Backup. Partial
- Specifies to back up the incremental Canisters with the archive
field value set. This backs up
LSSN*.DAT
and corresponding.IDX
files,PEVT*.DAT
and corresponding.IDX
files. See Partial Backup. Cycleservices
- Specifies to stop and restart Discover services. Before stopping services, DCBackup verifies that sessions are drained from the Short Term Canister before proceeding with services shutdown. Upon services restart, DCBackup starts TLTMaint to perform an integrity check on the tables. Progress is logged to the console window. See Cycle All Services.