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Backups and Database Maintenance

Restore Points

One of the many data management capabilities offered by the Synthesis Platform is the option to create and manage restore points for any analysis project. Within the context of Synthesis, the phrase "restore point" refers to an exact replica of the project at a particular point in time (i.e., a backup) that can be restored when and if it is needed. A restore point will include all the data that the project contained at the time the restore point was created, including information about the project properties, security settings and project owner.

There are a variety of ways that this functionality could be used, depending on your particular analysis process and data management requirements. For example, if you are about to begin a major revision to an existing project, you could choose to archive the original version as a restore point and then proceed with updating the project. This would ensure that the active projects in the database contain only the most recent information but also provide easy access to a fully editable copy of the previous version of the analysis if it is ever needed.

The following sections describe how you can manage restore points.

What's Changed? In previous versions of the software, restore points were known as Project Baselines.

Create a Restore Point

If you are currently working in a project and you have any of the following permissions in the database:

then you can create a restore point for the project at any time by choosing Project > Management > Restore Point > Create Restore Point or by right-clicking the name of the project in the project list and choosing the command on the shortcut menu.

IMPORTANT: When you create a restore point, any global resources used in the project are converted to local resources and stored with the backup. This ensures that you will have access to these resources upon restoration, regardless of what may have happened to the global resources in the interim.

Restore a Project

To restore all data from an existing restore point, use the Restore Project command. This opens the Restore Project window, which displays a list of all existing restore points for the project, if any. You have two options:

Manage all Restore Points that Exist for the Database

If you have the "Manage other repository settings" permission, you can manage all the restore points that have been created in the database by choosing File > Manage Repository > Restore Points.

This opens the Restore Points window, which displays the details for each of the restore points. This includes the date when the restore point was created, the name of the restore point creator, the project name and any additional notes that the restore point creator may have added to help identify the purpose or context of the restore point. In Xfmea/RCM++/RBI, the project profile that was used to set the configurable project settings is also displayed.

 

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