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Best practises Backing up Encyclopedia volume

mcremer · 2010-11-04T04:58:37+00:00

Good day, I am getting slowly my orientation with the Actuate iServer Express there are a few things I don't completely get or understand. If you go to the management console you can go to the Volume controls as Administrator and go to the Volume properties. Here you get a few…

mcremer

Good day, 
 
I am getting slowly my orientation with the Actuate iServer Express there are a few things I don't completely get or understand. 
 
If you go to the management console you can go to the Volume controls as Administrator and go to the Volume properties. 
 
Here you get a few options even Archiving & Purging but the options that are provided in the iServer Express 11 are more related to Purging then Archiving I tried a lot of settings but the option Archive files before deletion is for me uncheckable in any situation. 
 
If I read the <a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.com/be/documentation/R11/mcexpress/help/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm'>Help files</a>, In the section Installing BIRT iServer Express > Preparing to install BIRT iServer Express > Backing up the Encyclopedia volume database I read: 
 
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' >An Actuate system administrator must take all necessary precautions to ensure that this database is properly backed up to safeguard the Encyclopedia volume metadata. Please consult Actuate Support at the time of installation if you have any questions about these backup procedures to protect against the possibility of catastrophic failure.</blockquote>
 
Witch tells me all files are directly stored in the postgress database even if I generate a PDF file. 
 
This gives me a few questions: 
 
1. There is no file level archiving as far as I can tell I can not make a policy that does actions like move reports from sales/weekly reports to sales/weekly reports archive nor can I archive files that are older then a year I can only purge them. 
 
2. you need to backup the database so just restoring a part of the files (eg like a normal backup) or reverte one file is more complex. 
 
3. Are there any best practices around the backing up and archiving of reports from the iServer Express? 
 
Thanks for any insight you can give me.

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viyer

You need to set the "autoarchive driver" through Configuration Console -> Volume -> Properties. This will enable the checkbox for "archive before deletion" option when setting the purge policy. 
 
You can test it out using "Auto Archive Now" button in Volume Properties in Management Console. Note that you have to configure your rules in onlinearchive_<volume>.cfg and enable the driver for that volume through Configuration Console. 
 
You can look at Server Integration Technology manual for more information on setting the online archive driver through Configuration Console 
 
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'mcremer'" data-cid="70011" data-time="1288861117" data-date="04 November 2010 - 01:58 AM">
Good day, 
 
I am getting slowly my orientation with the Actuate iServer Express there are a few things I don't completely get or understand. 
 
If you go to the management console you can go to the Volume controls as Administrator and go to the Volume properties. 
 
Here you get a few options even Archiving & Purging but the options that are provided in the iServer Express 11 are more related to Purging then Archiving I tried a lot of settings but the option Archive files before deletion is for me uncheckable in any situation. 
 
If I read the <a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.com/be/documentation/R11/mcexpress/help/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm'>Help files</a>, In the section Installing BIRT iServer Express > Preparing to install BIRT iServer Express > Backing up the Encyclopedia volume database I read: 
 
 
 
Witch tells me all files are directly stored in the postgress database even if I generate a PDF file. 
 
This gives me a few questions: 
 
1. There is no file level archiving as far as I can tell I can not make a policy that does actions like move reports from sales/weekly reports to sales/weekly reports archive nor can I archive files that are older then a year I can only purge them. 
 
2. you need to backup the database so just restoring a part of the files (eg like a normal backup) or reverte one file is more complex. 
 
3. Are there any best practices around the backing up and archiving of reports from the iServer Express? 
 
Thanks for any insight you can give me. </blockquote>

mcremer

What your describing is options of the Actuate iServer after a e-mail to the great guys of Actuate. I cam to the following conclusions: 
 
the Actuate iServer Express has not the Auto Archive option. This is visible but this is because it shares its interface with the Actuate iServer. 
 
The Actuate iServer stores every ting in its postgreSQL database. So to make a backup I can use the documentation given by the postgreSQL 8.4 manual (<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/backup.html'>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/backup.html</a>) 
 
I my self rule in favor of a Continuous Archiving and Point-In-Time Recovery (PITR)(<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/continuous-archiving.html'>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/continuous-archiving.html</a>) wit snap shots every weekend. But I havens set any thing up just orientating. If any one wants 2 add there 2 cents there welcome. 
 
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'viyer'" data-cid="70137" data-time="1289326620" data-date="09 November 2010 - 11:17 AM">
You need to set the "autoarchive driver" through Configuration Console -> Volume -> Properties. This will enable the checkbox for "archive before deletion" option when setting the purge policy. 
 
You can test it out using "Auto Archive Now" button in Volume Properties in Management Console. Note that you have to configure your rules in onlinearchive_<volume>.cfg and enable the driver for that volume through Configuration Console. 
 
You can look at Server Integration Technology manual for more information on setting the online archive driver through Configuration Console </blockquote>