Reporter allows administrators to back up databases. This operation can be done from the Manage Backups interface or from the CLI command terminal. Administrators using Reporter 10.3 and later should use the Manage Backups feature in the web UI. For versions prior to 10.3, see CLI database backup guide.
Reporter 10.3 provides the ability to create and manage database backups using the Manage Backups feature. This article describes the functionality and use of the Manage Backups interface.
Reporter 10.3 for the Web UI backup method.
For versions prior to 10.3 only have CLI backup option.
1. On the Administration > General Settings page, select Reporter Settings > Data Settings > Databases
2. Click on the Actions arrow and select Manage Backups to access the interface.
This section is for additional information on the Manage Backup feature user interface. You can create or update two kinds of backups:
To create or update a stable backup using the CLI you must stop Reporter completely (stop-reporter
). To create or update a stable backup using the web UI you can unload the specific database before creating or updating it.
Creating or updating unstable backups permits you to perform the backup while log data and reports are actively being processed. When the unstable backup is completed you can unload the database to complete the backup—thereby putting the database into a stable state—and then quickly reload the database. Database down time is thus kept to a minimum.
The following instructions are for creating a new database backup using the Manage Backups feature. Remember that when you create a backup of a loaded database it will be unstable until you unload it and then update it.
Use Update to update a backup to the current state of the selected database.
Caution: If you are updating a stable database it becomes unstable. To make it stable you would need to unload the database, update the backup, and then reload the database to make it stable.
Use Restore to recover an unloaded database to a previously saved state. In Reporter 10.x an unloaded database is in one of three states:
You may restore a stable database that is in any of these three states; however, restoring a Restored database from the same backup would have no effect.
Follow the instructions to restore a database from a backup.
To free up disk space you may want to delete older backups.
Follow these instructions to delete a backup.