Backing Up an FME Server 2013 Configuration

Beginning with FME Server 2013, a workspace is provided that can be scheduled to perform a backup of the Server configuration to an FME Feature Store (FFS) file. The configuration back up includes repositories, services, notifications, security settings and schedules.

To Enable a Schedule Backup

1. Log into the FME Server Web User Interface:

http://<host>/fmeserver

2. Click the Schedules tab.
3. Click the Backup_Configuration entry.
4. On the Editing page, check "true" beside Enabled.
5. Edit other parameters as necessary
6. Click OK.

The following parameters are specific to the Backup_Configuration schedule:

• FME Server Username: The user performing the backup. The user must belong to the the fmesuperuser role.
• FME Server Password: Password of the user.
• Backup File (FFS): The file to store the backup. The location must be accessible by the engine running the workspace. It can refer to a UNC path.
• Backup Password: Password to access the backup file.
• Append Date: If Yes, the date and time of the backup is appended to the filename.

You can use FME Workbench and the FME Server Configuration reader to back up your existing configuration.

Note:  The FME Server Configuration reader is available in FME Desktop 2013 or later. For more information, see the FME Readers and Writers Help, included with your FME Desktop installation

To back up your FME Server configuration from Workbench:

1. Start FME Workbench and create a new workspace by selecting Generate Workspace.

The Generate Workspace dialog opens.

2. Select FME Server Configuration as the Reader Format, and click the Reader Parameters button to display the FME Server parameters dialog.



3. Enter the information required to connect to a running FME Server.
4. Specify the FME Server configuration categories to read. FME Workbench reads these "categories" as "feature types."
5. Click OK.
6. Select FME Feature Store (FFS) as your Writer Format, and enter a Writer Dataset file path to the FFS file where you want to store the backup.



7. Click OK.

The initial workspace opens.



Note:  When the workspace is created, you can still remove categories (feature types) that you do not need to export. Select them in the workspace, and then click Delete.

8. Click to run the workspace.
9. When the translation completes, navigate to the Writer dataset file path to see the results: