Like full backups, full restores are the best practice
to follow to ensure that the metadata server returns to a consistent
state and that metadata associations are correctly maintained. Full
restores include the following:
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the repository manager, all of
your metadata repositories, and the metadata server's configuration
files (including omaconfig.xml, adminUsers.txt, trustedUsers.txt,
and logconfig.xml). If you use the metadata server backup facility
to create your backups, then you can use the metadata server recovery
facility in the event of a server failure. The recovery facility automatically
restores the repository manager and all of the repositories that are
included in the backup. You can also choose to restore the contents
of the metadata server’s configuration directory and to perform
roll-forward recovery to a specified point in time after the last
backup was taken.
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the SAS Content Server, the SAS
Framework Data Server, and the physical files that are associated
with the metadata. The metadata server recovery facility does not
restore these files. Therefore, you must use operating system commands
or third-party tools to restore them. For details, see
Back Up the SAS Content Server and
Back Up Data That Is Stored in File Systems.