To ensure the
integrity of the content that is created and managed by the SAS Intelligence
Platform, you should establish a formal, regularly scheduled backup
process. It is important to back up all of the following content items
at the same point in time so that related information will be synchronized
if a restore becomes necessary:
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all of your metadata repositories,
the repository manager, and the files in the metadata server configuration
directory. The SAS Metadata Server includes a server-based facility
(new with SAS 9.3) that creates correct backups of these files.
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the SAS Content Server, the SAS
Framework Data Server, and the physical content that is stored in
files and databases. Because the metadata server’s backup facility
does not back up these files, you must use operating system commands
or third-party tools to back them up.
In addition to performing regular full backups, in
some situations it might be appropriate to back up specific objects
or folders in the metadata folders (
SAS Folders)
tree. In these situations, you can use the promotion tools, which
include the
Export SAS Package wizard, the
Import
SAS Package wizard, and the batch export and import tools.
For details, see Promotion Tools Overview.Before you back up your
SAS content, read the following information:
CAUTION:
If you
choose to use operating system commands to back up your metadata repositories
and the repository manager, instead of using the metadata server’s
backup facility, then you must be sure to pause the metadata server
to an Offline state before performing the backup. If the metadata
server is Online or is paused to an Administration state, then the
backup files will not be usable.