Using the Backup Wizard in SAS Management Console

Run a Backup or a Restore Job That Was Created by the Wizard

To use SAS Management Console to run a backup or restore job that was created by the wizard:

If you want to run a backup job immediately after it is created, then click Yes when the Backup wizard displays the following prompt: Job definition was successfully created. Run job now?
To run a backup or restore job later, select the Backup & Restore node under Metadata Utilities. In the right pane, right-click an existing job definition, and select Run Job.

Note:
- You must have the appropriate credentials to run the job (see Ensure Appropriate User Credentials).
- You can also deploy the job for scheduling, if you have SAS scheduling configured (see Use Schedule Manager to Schedule a Backup Job That Was Created by the Backup Wizard). Or you can save the job as a SAS program and then execute it on a batch basis or manage it with a third-party scheduling utility (see Manage Backup and Restore Jobs That Were Created by the Wizard).
- You cannot run a restore job unless you have previously run the corresponding backup job.

After you start the job, you might be prompted for credentials to log on to the SAS Application Server. For information about the required credentials, see Ensure Appropriate User Credentials.

If the job completes successfully, the following message is displayed:

Job completed without errors

If the job that you executed is a backup job, then the following items should appear in the backup destination directory:

a folder called RPOSMGR, which contains backups of the repository manager data sets
a folder called Foundation (or the name of your foundation repository, if you have assigned a different name), which contains backups of the repository data sets for your foundation repository
folders containing backups of any custom repositories or project repositories that were included in the backup
the file MetadataJournal.dat, which is a backup of your metadata journal file (this file is not present if you unchecked the option to back up the journal file)
the files omaconfig.xml, adminUsers.txt, trustedUsers.txt, and logconfig.xml, which are backups of your metadata server's configuration files
the file oma_backup.sas7bcat, which stores information about the source and target destinations
the file oma_varan.sas7bcat, which contains a job that SAS processes can use to analyze repository data sets in the backup subdirectories
a SAS log file which contains messages generated by the backup job. If the Generate Debug Output option was selected, then the log contains detailed log messages that you can use to troubleshoot the backup program.
a file with the suffix .lst, which provides information about which repositories were backed up.

When the job is completed, the current date is recorded in the Last Run Date field on the Job tab of the job definition's properties. In addition, metadata objects for the backup job and the corresponding restore job are placed in the Administration subfolder of the System folder in the SAS Folders tree.

Note: The Last Run Date is not updated when the job is executed by a scheduling system. [cautionend]

If the job does not complete successfully, a message is displayed indicating that errors occurred. For details about the errors, open the file name-of-backup-job.log in the backup destination directory.

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