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Back up and restore content data

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To ensure that you always have up-to-date copies of the data that the IDOL Server stores, we recommend that you back up the IDOL Server at regular intervals. This section describes two methods to back up and restore content data:

  • Using commands

    To back up content data, you can export all contents index and category files with commands. To do this, run the following actions by using the Smart Analytics Assistant (SAA) utility:

    To export contents index:

    http://<idolhost>:<MainIDOLServerIndexPort>/DREEXPORTIDX?filename=c:\BackupFolderName\File&HostDetails=true

    To export category files:

    http://<idolhost>:<MainIDOLServerPort>/action=CategoryExportToXML&Output=File&FileName=c:\\<folder>\\<subfolder>\\<xxx.xml>&IncludeCatID=true

    Note  

    • By default, the port number for <MainIDOLServerIndexPort> is 9001.
    • By default, the port number for <MainIDOLServerPort> is 9000.

    To restore the content data backed up using this method, you can run the following action by using Smart Analytics Assistant (SAA) utility:

    http://<idolhost>:<ACIPort>/DREADD?/<path>/<xxx.idx.gz>&CreateDatabase=True

    For example:

    http://<idolhost>:<Content1indexport>/DREADD?/home/Jora/BackupFolderName/FilePrefix-SGDLITVM0772-10010-0.idx.gz&CreateDatabase=True

    http://<idolhost>:<Level2proxyindexport>/DREADD?/home/Jora/BackupFolderName/FilePrefix-SGDLITVM0772-30010-0.idx.gz&CreateDatabase=True

    http://<idolhost>:<Level2proxyindexport>/DREADD?/home/Jora/BackupFolderName/FilePrefix-SGDLITVM0772-30020-0.idx.gz&CreateDatabase=True

    Note  

    • By default, the port number for <Content1IndexPort> is 10011.
    • By default, the port number for <Level2proxyIndexPort> is 20011.