The Backup Manager allows you to automatically backup your Cumulus configuration files and catalogs – if the catalogs are based on the Cumulus database engine.
PRECONDITIONS: To work with the Backup Manager you must have the appropriate Administrator permissions for the Cumulus Server: Backup Administrator.
You can define jobs for the backup. These jobs include options for:
• Items to be backed up – You can either have a backup of your Cumulus configuration files, of all catalogs that are available at your Cumulus Server or just of selected catalogs.
• Destination for the backup files
• Time data when the backup should be performed
When you backup your Cumulus configuration files, a ZIP archive with all configuration files inside the conf folder will be created and stored at the chosen destination. Unless you activate the option Append time of backup to file name, this ZIP file will be overwritten by the next backup copy that is made due to the defined backup job.
• When backing up your Cumulus configuration files, you can additionally delete shared collections older than a specified number of days. This can help speeding up your Cumulus system.
NOTE: Private collections will never be deleted this way.
It is not necessary to close a catalog to back it up. The backup can even be performed while clients are connected. When backing up a catalog, a temporary file is created for the catalog the moment the backup was started. This temporary file will be saved to the selected destination. under the catalog file name with the extension BAK. Unless you activate the option Append time of backup to file name, this BAK file will be overwritten by the next backup copy that is made due to the defined backup job.
When scheduling backups, remember to take into account the time that Cumulus needs for creating and saving the catalog backup files.
Email confirmations can be sent automatically after catalog back-up operations conducted by the Backup Manager, if the Mail Manager is set to send notifications.
IMPORTANT! It’s important to remember that backing up a Cumulus catalog does not back up the asset files associated with its records. Make sure that all your important files are included in your regular backups.
When defining the destination for the backups, the Select Destination Folder dialog opens. It allows you to navigate in the Remote File Browser Sections that are defined in the Cumulus Server Settings of the Remote Admin module.
