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Backing Up an FME Server 2013+ Configuration

Beginning with FME Server 2013, you can backup the configuration of your FME Server repositories, notifications, schedules, security and services.

Note:  Backing up job history is not supported.

Note:  Beginning with FME Server 2014, backup and restore of Resource Management directories is supported. By default, only the DATA Resource Management directory is configured for backup and restore. To adjust this behavior, manually adjust the <Migratable> flag between true and false for the desired resource directory in the Shared Resource Management section of the fmeServerConfig.txt file, located in <FMEServerDir>\Server\.

For example, the following entry specifies that the Server logs directory is migratable:

SHAREDRESOURCE_DEF_1=FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_LOG|Logs|C:/Program Files/FMEServer//Logs/|true|This shared resource is the Server logs directory

The following options are provided for backing up your FME Server 2013 (or later) configuration:

Note:  To backup a configuration of an FME Server 2012, see Backing Up an FME Server 2012 Configuration.

Scheduled Backup

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

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

The following parameters are specific to the Backup_Configuration schedule:

Automatic Backup

Beginning with FME Server 2014, you can use the backup tool on the Migration page of the FME Server Web User Interface to backup your FME Server 2014 (or later) configuration.

  1. Log into the FME Server Web User Interface:

http://<host>/fmeserver

  1. Click Migration on the left sidebar.
  2. Under Backup, click Start Backup.

When ready, your ServerConfigPackage.fsconfig file is downloaded to the default location on your machine.

Manual Backup

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.

    2. 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.

    8. 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:

Note:  For instructions for restoring your repository after you upgrade FME Server, see Restore Configuration from FME Server 2012 and Earlier.

Proceed to Uninstall.

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