The eG Installation Guide - eG Innovations

Backing up and Restoring eG Enterprise
5.2 Backing up and Restoring the eG Manager on Windows
Environments
To back up and restore the eG manager on Windows, do the following:
Login to the eG manager host.
Copy the eGurkha directory to a convenient location.
If you want to restore the eG mananger to the same host from which its backup was taken,
follow the steps below:
o If you already have a fully operational manager on the target host and
you simply want to revert to the backed up version of the eG manager,
then, simply replace the eGurkha directory on the target host with the
backed up eGurkha directory, and then restart the eG manager.
o On the other hand, if you want to completely scrap the existing
manager installation and replace it with the backed up version, then,
follow the steps below:
Uninstall the existing eG manager.
Next, install the eG manager with the same specifications as
the old manager; for instance, if the old manager was installed
using Tomcat and not IIS, make sure the new manager also
uses Tomcat. Similarly, install the new manager in the same
directory as the old manager. However, during installation, make
sure that you do not provide the name of the database used by the old
manager. Instead, provide the name of a new ‘dummy’ database for use
as the eG backend.
Replace the eGurkha directory of the new manager with the old
eG manager.
Finally, start the eG manager.
If you want to restore the eG manager to a different host (i.e., a host with a different IP
address/hostname from that of the backed up manager), then, do the following:
o If you have a fully operational manager on the target host and you
simply want to revert to the backed up version of the eG manager,
then, to restore the backed up version, simply replace the eGurkha
directory on the target host with the backed up eGurkha directory, and
then restart the eG manager.
o On the other hand, if you want to completely scrap the existing
manager installation and replace it with the backed up version, then,
follow the steps below:
Uninstall the existing eG manager.
Next, install the eG manager with the same specifications as
the backed up manager; for instance, if the backed up
manager was installed using Tomcat and not IIS, make sure
the new manager also uses Tomcat. Similarly, install the new
manager in the same directory as that of the backed up
manager. However, during installation, make sure that you do not
provide the name of the database used by the backed up manager.
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