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Performing a Scheduled Backup of an FME Server Configuration

FME Server provides a workspace that you can configure to perform regular (scheduled) backups of your Server configuration to an FME Server configuration (.fsconfig) file. The backup includes repositories, services, notifications, security settings, schedules, job queues, resources, database connections, and web connections.

Note: For more information about the contents of a backup, see Backup & Restore.

To Configure a Scheduled Backup

  1. Log in to the FME Server Web User Interface:

http://<host>/fmeserver

  1. Select Schedules.
  2. Click the Backup_Configuration entry.
  3. On the Editing Schedule page, check the Enabled box.
  4. Edit other parameters as necessary. See Adding a Scheduled Task for more information.

    5. The following published parameters are specific to the Backup_Configuration schedule:

    • Append Date: If Yes, the date and time of the backup is appended to the filename.
    • Server Username: The user performing the backup. The user must belong to the the fmesuperuser role.
    • Server Password: Password of the user.
    • Backup Destination: The file to store the backup. You can specify a Resources location, or another location that is accessible by the engine running the workspace. It can refer to a UNC path.
  5. Click OK.