FME Flow: 2025.2 BETA

Performing Scheduled Backups of an FME Flow Configuration

FME Flow provides a workspace that you can configure to perform regular (scheduled) backups of your Server configuration to an FME Flow configuration (.fsconfig) file.

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

To Configure a Scheduled Backup

  1. Log in to the FME Flow Web User Interface.
  2. Select Schedules.
  3. Click the Backup_Configuration schedule.
  4. On the Editing page, check the Enabled box.
  5. Edit other parameters as necessary. See Adding a Scheduled Task for more information.

    6. The following published parameters are specific to the Backup_Configuration schedule. To change any parameters to their default settings, check Use Default. To change all parameters to their default settings, click Reset Values.

    • Append Date: If Yes, the date and time of the backup is appended to the filename.
    • FME Flow Username: The user performing the backup. The user must belong to the the fmesuperuser role.
    • FME Flow Password: Password of the user.
    • FME Flow Resource Name: The FME Flow Resources location in which to store the backup. This can be a resource connection, such as a network location. It must be accessible by the engine running the workspace.

    • Resource Subfolder and File Name: The subfolder (optional) and filename of the backup. For example, \backups\FlowConfigPackage.fsconfig will create the backup (.fsconfig) file in a subfolder named backups in the location specified by FME Flow Resource Name. Entering only the filename (for example, FlowConfigPackage.fsconfig) will create the backup file in the root of the location specified by FME Flow Resource Name.

  6. Click OK.